People of the Whale

People of the WhaleA powerful story of a Vietnam veteran torn between his war experience and his Native American community. Raised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both

newspaper accounts

birchbark canoe builder

hounded from their ancestral hunting grounds

and traditional knowledge learned from elders along with personal reflections on her own journey learning Blackfeet stories

This boundary-blurring adventure will remind you to always dance like the ancestors are watching

Today she stood sunlight on her shoulders lean and straight to share a song in Diné

Winter mornings begin in darkness as deer

this text grounds the language in traditional and contemporary contexts

and ultimately she shows how Native American claims to land

In 1984 she received a Wonder Woman Foundation award honoring her as a woman striving for peace and equality

Rez Metal captures the creative energy of Indigenous youth culture in the twenty-first century

Le Petit Prince is a story beloved by readers across the globe