The Sound of Rattles and Clappers: A Collection of New California Indian Writing

by Greg Sarris (Editor)

Paperback, 1994

LCC

PS508 I5 S63 vol.26 1994

Description

In this anthology of poetry and fiction, ten Native Americans of California Indian ancestry illuminate aspects of their respective native cultures in works characterized by a profound love of place and people, as well as by anger over political oppression and social problems

Publication

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c1994

Tags

Indigenous people--North America--California--Literary collections, American literature--Indian authors, American literature--20th century, American literature--California, Series: Sun tracks; v.26

Notes

A collection of new California Indian poems. The flavor is provided in "We Exist," by Janice Gould: "Our writers try to counteract the history/ that says we are a conquered People."

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