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"Grandpa Was a Cowboy and an Indian" and Other Stories

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Description for "Grandpa Was a Cowboy and an Indian" and Other Stories Paperback. Spins tales of Lakota and Dakota generations, of what the youngest can learn from their elders, if they choose to listen: a boy is embarrassed to accept the gift of a medicine bag from his dying grandfather; a little girl learns about the Lakota seasons. This collection ends with spellbinding ancient Sioux tales about the birth of the universe. Num Pages: 116 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 137.
"'Grandpa,' I quietly asked, 'how come when you talk about the past, you say you were a cowboy and an Indian?' I sensed the regret in his short laugh when he answered, 'Cause I was both and both ways are gone forever.'”

With great imagination and vigor, award-winning Lakota storyteller Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve treats readers to a collection of her best stories. She first spins tales of Lakota and Dakota generations today, of what the youngest can learn from their elders, if they choose to listen. The second group of stories, set in the turbulent and tragic years of the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
Number of Pages
116
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803293007
SKU
V9780803293007
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve is the author of twenty books and numerous short stories and essays about Native American life and culture. Her memoir Completing the Circle (Nebraska 1995) won the North American Indian Prose Award, and she is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal.

Reviews for "Grandpa Was a Cowboy and an Indian" and Other Stories
"[A] charming collection of short narratives."-Multicultural Review Multicultural Review

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