Chief Big Eagle, hero of the legal battle to save the last quarter-acre of the original Golden Hill Indian reservation ("Quarter Acre of Heartache" Pocahontas Press, 1985), travels to Russia where he discovers the Indianists--Soviet citizens who study & practice Native American cultures, religions, & crafts. They are so skilled that the Chief remarks, "In another 25 years, American Indians will have to come to Russia to learn how to be American Indians." In a culture basically hostile to the theology & customs of Native ...
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Chief Big Eagle, hero of the legal battle to save the last quarter-acre of the original Golden Hill Indian reservation ("Quarter Acre of Heartache" Pocahontas Press, 1985), travels to Russia where he discovers the Indianists--Soviet citizens who study & practice Native American cultures, religions, & crafts. They are so skilled that the Chief remarks, "In another 25 years, American Indians will have to come to Russia to learn how to be American Indians." In a culture basically hostile to the theology & customs of Native Americans, these intrepid people from as far away as Siberia gather every summer near Leningrad for a two-week pow-wow. They live in tents, cook, sing, dance, conduct religious ceremonies, have contests, display their crafts. During the second trip, the Chief has a heart attack, adopts a daughter into the Golden Hill tribe, & finds many kindred souls among these people who, if the land bridge across the Bering Strait is valid, share his ancestry. Smith's words give an immediacy to this story, in which the Indianists' warm welcome, sincere friendliness, & serious study are in marked contrast to the discouraging, depressing difficulties & frustrations of life in Russia as the Communist system begins to crumble.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. Inscribed by Author(s) Bright, crisp, pictorial dust jacket with 1/2" closed tear to bottom rear near spine strip, in mylar cover. Tight binding, solid red brick boards with sharp corners, bright gilt lettering to front board and to spine strip, foxing to top edge, gift inscription to previous owners from author to front end paper, otherwise clean, unmarked pages throughout. Flier from reception and book launch laid in. From the library of Bill and Jan Cohn, noted authors and educators to whom the book is inscribed. Stated 1st printing.
