lushly imagined prose

humiliation

Despite decades of political and social upheaval among Plains tribes

"Hunger knows no season

men are 'militantly insecure

Dance In A Buffalo Skull ceremony lushly imagined proseZitkala A a recorded this Yankton Sioux story more than 100 years ago, but this tale of mice caught unaware is still satisfyingly scary. Out on the deep, dark prairie, a large group of mice is having a wild party inside an old buffalo skull. The small creatures, in festive paint and costume, are dancing, singing, and eating with abandon, and they have neglected to put anyone on security detail. Out of the dark emptiness stalks a wildcat that waits