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Vatos

by Gabrielle Shaw

“Historically, I knew women had been ignored and erased. But I suddenly realized that, outside the historical record, the men were also ignored and erased. The modern Xicano/Mexicano/ Latino man was invisible.” This strong belief... Read More

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One Stick Song

by Gabrielle Shaw

This book is funny, right on the money, yet terribly sad: welcome to the tradition of tragicomedy. Welcome to Indian Country. Here the Greek art form reaches it’s zenith, perfected American style, where the ridiculous, tragic,... Read More

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The Lucky Gourd Shop

by Gabrielle Shaw

In this novel, Scott uses an unusual approach to solve a family dilemma. Faced with the voracious “need to know” of her teenage and adopted children, and the grinding frustration of noncooperative bureaucratic agencies, she finds a... Read More

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Visit Teepee Town

by Gabrielle Shaw

Visit Teepee Town presents an ecclectic and beguiling compilation of such varied genres as poetry, personal journalism, tribal oral tradition and academic essay. Additionally, these various forms of writing are from a generous selection... Read More

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Penelope

by Gabrielle Shaw

I am an empty cask. Clean water floods my belly, the guts set gently back. says Penelope Kent van Princis Stout after the event that left her forever named the half-scalped woman. Scambly Schott has taken the historical life of a woman... Read More

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Off the Reservation

by Gabrielle Shaw

This broad and effective collection by Gunn Allen includes political, literary and personal essays. Originally the term off-reservation referred to a renegade, outlaw, a non-conformist. Often the offender met with harsh punishment. Risk... Read More

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Indian Singing

by Gabrielle Shaw

In this collection of poems, Gail Tremblay startles us with her accuracy. Her voice strikes home again and again, as she addresses the malaise that accompanies the dominant culture, which appears to be “victorious” yet lost. She... Read More

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Stars Above Earth Below

by Gabrielle Shaw

Dr. Marsha Bol has taken what she started in her previous book, North, South, East, West: American Indians and the Natural World, a step further. In this gathering of essays, songs, photographs and poems she documents Native Americans’... Read More

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