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Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit: Essays on Native American Life Today
Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit Essays on Native American Life Today Author:Leslie Marmon Silko Bold and impassioned, sharp and defiant, Leslie Marmon Silko's essays evoke the spirit and voice of Native Americans. — Whether she is exploring the vital importance literature and language play in Native American heritage, illuminating the inseparability of the land and the Native American people, enlivening the ways and wisdom of the old-ti... more »me people, or exploding in outrage over the government's long-standing, racist treatment of Native Americans, Silko does so with eloquence and power, born from her profound devotion to all that is Native American.
Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit is written with the fire of necessity. Silko's call to be heard is unmistakable; there are stories to remember, injustices to redress, ways of life to preserve. It is a work of major importance, filled with indispensable truths--a work by an author with an original voice and a unique access to both worlds.
Introduction --
Interior and exterior landscapes : the Pueblo migration stories --
Language and literature from a Pueblo Indian perspective --
Yellow woman and a beauty of the spirit --
America's debt to the Indian nations : atoning for a sordid past --
Auntie Kie talks about U.S. presidents and U.S. Indian policy --
The people and the land are inseperable --
Tribal councils : puppets of the U.S. government --
Hunger stalked the tribal people --
Fences against freedom --
The border patrol state --
Fifth world : the return of Ma ah shra true ee, the giant serpent --
Notes on Almanac of the dead --
Tribal prophecies --
Stones avenue mural --
An expression of profound gratitude to the Maya Zapatistas, January 1, 1994 --
Books : Notes on Mixtec and Maya screenfolds, picture books of preconquest Mexico --