The book of the American Indian

Description

"A Hopi child is torn from his parents and sent off to boarding school; white settlers encroach on the Cheyenne reservation, and the Cheyenne vow to fight to the death rather than give up their land; Howling Wolf witnesses the brutal murder of his brother and, when he protests, is in turn brutalized; after Sitting Bull's triumph over Custer's forces, he vows to fight to the death rather than submit to the white invaders." "In these and other stories written from 1890-1905, Hamlin Garland sought to capture his vision of the spirit of the Native American Indian in transition. Based on ten years of visits to reservations in the American West, these stories are of interest for readers today in part because they illustrate a sincere and well-intentioned white reformer coming to understand a culture radically at odds with his own - and discovering in the process that his own culture is less "advanced" than he had supposed." "This edition reprints the text and illustrations from the 1923 printing as well as two of Garland's essays indicting the treatment of Indians. An introduction places the stories in the historical context of Garland's life and times."--Jacket.

First Sentence

From a casual point of view the Indian Agency at Darlington was dull and commonplace if not actually dispiriting.

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Other Editions

• The book of the American IndianHarper & Brothers Publishers1923-01-01
• The book of the American IndianHarper & brothers1923-01-01
• The Book of the American IndianHardcoverReprint Services Corp1988-05-01
• Book Of The American IndianLibrary BindingReprint Services Corp1999-01-01
• The book of the American IndianCopley Pub. Group2002-01-01
• The Book of the American IndianPaperbackBison Books2005-09-01