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    The sea of grass : a family tale from the American heartland / Walter R. Echo-Hawk.

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    • Title:The sea of grass : a family tale from the American heartland / Walter R. Echo-Hawk.
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    • Author/Creator:Echo-Hawk, Walter R., author.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Xwi7xwa Collection.
    • Published/Created:Golden, CO : Fulcrum Publishing, [2018]

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    • Genre/Form:Fiction
    • Description:vii, 418 pages ; 23 cm
    • Summary:"This historical fiction novel is inspired by real people and events that were shaped by the land, animals, and plants of the Central Plains and by the long sweep of Indigenous history in the grasslands. Major events are presented from a Pawnee perspective to capture the outlook of the Echo-Hawk ancestors. The oral tradition from ten generations of Echo-Hawk's family tell the stories of the spiritual side of Native life, and give voice to the rich culture and cosmology of the Pawnee Nation"-- Provided by publisher.
    • Notes:Includes bibliography.
      Includes an Indigenous Map of Pawnee County.
      Includes bibliographical references.
    • ISBN:9781938486753 paperback
      1938486757 paperback
    • Contents:Part I - THE AGE OF CALICO-CLOTH-WOMAN
      Riders Are Approaching
      The Donkey Soldiers
      Big Knife Soldiers Come Calling
      The Buffalo Road
      Refugees
      The Turbulent Years
      Smallpox
      Stars-Fell-to-Earth
      The Hounds of War
      Blue Coat's Village
      The Creek of Souls
      The Eye of the Storm
      Big Soldier's Village
      The Starvation Years
      Part II - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ECHO HAWK
      My Early Days
      Male Horse Goes to War
      My Rite of Passage
      Aha! I Found You!
      I Go to the Circus
      The Covenant with Animals
      Exodus
      I Go to War
      The Powder River
      Ghost Dance Days
      Hell's Fringe
      A New Century Dawns
      World War I
      Big Crow Passes from the Earth
      Part III - THE GREATEST GENERATION
      Elmer and George
      Band of Brothers
      Part IV - THE TENTH GENERATION
      A Whirlwind Comes Calling
      The Eleventh Generation
      APPENDIX 1 -The Author's Relative
      APPENDIX 2 - South Band Sound Key.
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