From Sand Creek
Subtitle: rising in this heart which is our America
By: by Simon J. Ortiz.
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
Subjects: Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864 -- Poetry.; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Poetry.; Cheyenne Indians -- Wars, 1864 -- Poetry.
Description: The massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho women and children by U.S. soldiers at Sand Creek in 1864 was a shameful episode in American history, and its battlefield was proposed as a National Historic Site in 1998 to pay homage to those innocent victims. Through the pages of this sobering work, Ortiz offers a new perspective on history and on America. Perhaps more important, he offers a breath of hope that our peoples might learn from each other.