Indians in Varley’s Superheroes

Superheroes and their daring-do are no longer confined to the cartoons, as a recent “biography” of Superman and this playfully entertaining collection of superhuman adventures attest. Co-editors Varley and Mainhardt wisely avoid episodes from the established superhero pantheon in favor of those from imaginative, even twisted, superhero variations. Using Varley’s own wry tale of an [...]

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ICT reviews Seeing Red

By Lisa Garrigues “Seeing Red” takes us back to a different time, the 19th century, and examines how anger was communicated as a force for social change by three different American indian writers: S. Alice Callahan, E. Pauline Johnson, and Sarah Winnemucca. Callahan, Johnson and Winnemucca used a prevailing literary genre of the time–sentimentality. Though [...]

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The illustrated Bury My Heart

By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) When Dee Brown wrote his book “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” he could not have known that it would become a classic. This year an illustrated 40th anniversary edition was published in hardback. It is a beautiful book and the photos add so much to the stories that made [...]

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Starman visited baby Jesus

Starman visited baby Jesus By Juley Harvey Trail-Gazette Red Feather Woman, along with her veteran musician/producer husband, Doug Haywood, who has toured with Jackson Browne, told the Christmas story in song and words of the traveling warrior, Starman. He traveled “to find the medicine of old–this is how the story is told.” Starman learned from [...]

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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie (112) Buy new: $15.00 $10.20 165 used & new from $5.49 (Ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Bestsellers in Native American list for authoritative information on this product’s current rank.) Participate in the conversation by leaving your comment below.

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Alexie, Sherman) by Sherman Alexie (164) Buy new: $16.99 $11.04 145 used & new from $5.32 (Ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Bestsellers in Native American list for authoritative information on this product’s current rank.) Any ideas?

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