The alternating stories and poems in this debut collection by Gyasi Ross tell the stories of contemporary Native Americans who do not represent a stereotype. They don t ride horses or get falling down drunk. They are not the stoic crying Indian from a commercial nor the flowing-haired warrior on the cover of a romance novel. The characters in these 18 stories and poems are regular Indians - people who have day jobs, college students, insecure folks, kids in love. These characters are unique, diverse, and just like the rest of America. The book is heartbreaking and life-affirming, controversial and heartwarming, funny and tragic. If you think you know about Indians or if you know that you don't, step into the lives of these characters and you will come away enlightened, discomfited, entertained and inspired.

Don't Know Much About Indians

Literature & Fiction

Gyasi Ross

United States

Cut Bank Creek Press

How to Say I Love You in Indian, with a foreword by renowned Native activist, environmentalist, economist and author Winona LaDuke, follows his universally well-received first book, Don't Know Much About Indians (but I wrote this book about us anyways), now in its third printing. The stories and poems of How to Say I Love You in Indian are filled with humor, heartbreak and wisdom and convey Native love in many forms romantic, parental, love between friends, love of one's culture and community.

How to Say I Love You in Indian

The long-awaited reprint of Winona LaDuke s only novel is now available! Based on a tragic history and presenting a hopeful vision for the future, Last Standing Woman is a powerful and poignant novel tracing the lives of seven generations of Anishinaabe (Ojibwe/Chippewa). Beginning in the 1860s, the story chronicles a Native -American reservation and its people s struggle to maintain their culture. Battling alcoholism, sexual abuse and violence to regain their land, the characters are living heroes full of hope and vision.

Last Standing Woman

Winona LaDuke

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Don't Know Much About Indians

How to Say I Love You in Indian

Last Standing Woman