lighting up the sky with their graceful movements

a remarkable narrative that ties modern Minnesotans to the trauma of the Dakota War

In the words of one official: "Kill the Indian and save the man

Children of the Dragonfly is the first anthology to document this struggle for cultural survival on both sides of the U

was positioned to act as America's salvation

The Way to Rainy Mountain politics lighting up the sky withThe Way to Rainy Mountain recalls the journey of Tai me, the sacred Sun Dance doll, and of Tai me's people in three unique voices: the legendary, the historical, and the contemporary. It is also the personal journey of N. Scott Momaday, who on a pilgrimage to the grave of his Kiowa grandmother traversed the same route taken by his forebears and in so doing confronted his Kiowa heritage. It is an evocation of three things in particular: a landscape