Title: The light people : a novel /
Authors: Henry, Gordon.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Indians of North America Fiction.; Minnesota Fiction.
Abstract: The severed leg of Moses Four Bears ends upin a museum and becomes the subject of repatriation inthis lighthearted tale of Indian life. The protagonist is awandering Chippewa youth, searching for his mother who took off with a trader.
Contents: Acknowledgments -- Invisible Trails -- Arthur Boozhoo on the Nature of Magic -- Rose Meskwaa Geeshik's Monologue on Images -- Oshawa's Story -- Oshawa's Uncle's Story -- Bombarto Rose: Mixed-Blood Musings in Obscurity -- The Autobiographical Profile of Bombarto Rose: An Essay on Personal Origins -- The Prisoner of Haiku -- Haiku and Dream Songs of Elijah Cold Crow -- Bombarto Rose: Essay on Parameters of Residence -- Bombarto Rose: A Note to Hold the Eyes -- Bombarto Rose: Winter Song -- Old Woman Cold Crow's Monologue on the Death of Her Son -- Old Woman Cold Crow's Story as Payment to Bombarto Rose -- Abetung's Story -- Geeshis -- Franklin Squandum's Death Dream: A Mini-Drama for Native Dancers -- Squandum's Funeral -- Requiem for a Leg -- Oshawanung's Story: Waking in the Library -- Systems and Witnesses for the Museum -- The Anthro's Tale -- After the Requiem -- Oshawa's Attempt to Kill -- Rose Meskwaa Geeshik's After-image Dreams -- Arthur Boozhoo: Two Dogs Stuck Together -- Seed's Journey to the Cave -- We the People.