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Scalping Columbus and other damn Indian stories : truths, half-truths, and outright lies  Cover Image Book Book

Scalping Columbus and other damn Indian stories : truths, half-truths, and outright lies / Adam Fortunate Eagle.

Summary:

"Scalping Columbus" is a collection of short stories that are in part autobiographical and in part fictional. Narrated in a style reminiscent of Indian oral tradition, Fortunate Eagle employs humor and satire to entertain and challenge society. The stories range from author's experiences as an activist in the Bay Area to his encounter with the Pope in Rome and back to his childhood. Most of the stories are short and easy to read"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780806144283
  • ISBN: 0806144289
  • Physical Description: xv, 200 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2014]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Moose on the loose -- Three hole outhouse -- Grandpa's gebic bag -- How poor were you? -- Ancient Ojibwe recipes -- Amos gets a new house -- Damn hippies -- Hurling with Luci -- Shared sorrows -- Scalping Columbus -- The curse of the totem pole -- Now that's brave -- Farts among many -- Evil spirits of Alcatraz -- General Fremont's cannon -- How I saved Patty Hearst's father from the SLA: the untold story -- Never let a good deed go unpunished -- The saga of the Lahontan Valley long-legged turtles -- Mark your territory -- Sonny Mosquito and the chicken dance -- White man sweats him -- Tell me another damn Indian story, grandpa -- Alcatraz is not an island -- Onward christian soldiers -- Good medicine -- Brokeback Boulder -- Filipino gold -- Good medicine -- Italian mill house -- Peace and friendship -- The goose hunter -- Going back -- The nickel hunter -- Medicine gift -- Newt -- Walking Eagle Nation -- Jewish Indian -- Don't take chances -- The four B.C.s -- Disciples -- Tents -- This is a mini-joke, so you give me a mini-ha-ha -- Spiritual leader, shaman, almost a messiah -- Indian health (you're gonna die!) -- The nine lives of Fortunate Eagle.
Subject: Ojibwa Indians > History.
Ojibwa Indians > Social life and customs.
Indians of North America.
Indigenous peoples.
Genre: Humorous stories.
Autobiographical fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Autobiographical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Lansdowne Library PS 3606 O7489 A6 2014 (Text) 26040003421639 Main Collection Volume hold Available -


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