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

Fortunate Eagle, Adam 1929- (Author).

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"--

Record details

ISBN: 0806144289
ISBN: 9780806144283
Physical Description: xv, 200 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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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.