The Tomahawk Family Author:Natalie Savage Carlson Frank and Alice Tomahawk view the opening of the school with different eyes. To Alice, it means a chance to become what she calls "civilized"-to learn the ways of the white man. Frank, only interested in the past, when an Indian was an Indian, longs for the days when hunting rather than spelling was a skill to be mastered. And as for their gr... more »andmother, she is interested only in herself-the new and the old ways don't concern her in the slightest.
But the year brings many changes to the family. One of them is the arrival of the raccoon, Little Brave, with his not always endearing habits. But the biggest change is the realization that comes to all members of the family-that in acombination of new and old ways lies the answer.« less