http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews RSS Feed for ICT - Living - Reviews en-us Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:10:36 GMT 2010-03-19T17:10:36Z en-us http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/88574142.html Reviewing “At the Font of the Marvelous: Exploring Oral Narrative and Mythic Imagery of the Iroquois and Their Neighbors,” by Anthony Wonderley was an arduous task. I expected colorful and gripping folk tales, legends and myths that explain creation, explore the human relationship with nature and are full of supernatural creatures. I was looking forward to being enthralled by the “marvelous.” Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:10:36 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/88574142.html 2010-03-19T17:10:36Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/87140362.html Being unique is like an American ambition. The effort to be different from the masses is readable each day in the indelible fingerprint of Facebook. But Susan Harness has us beat. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:54:38 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/87140362.html 2010-03-09T19:54:38Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/86609582.html Through the generations, the attempted annihilation of Native families and tribal communities left legacies of survival and resistance, but some of the most persistent practices of colonialism linger, as this book reminds us. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:44:59 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/86609582.html 2010-03-05T16:44:59Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/84780892.html This vivid account of Ojibway life, first published in English in 1860, has been praised for being free of the biases of American contemporary studies, which were poisoned by a political agenda – the need to portray Indians as primitive and degenerate in order to provide a rationale for stealing their land and forcing assimilation. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:08:02 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/84780892.html 2010-02-19T17:08:02Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/83657967.html It would be tempting to characterize these two books about the Dakota uprising of 1862 in Minnesota as the white side of the story versus the Native side, but it wouldn’t be quite accurate. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/83657967.html 2010-02-10T05:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/83657882.html Will Weaver spins a fascinating tale so compelling in his fiction novel “Red Earth, White Earth,” the reader may not have the will to stop until the very last page. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/83657882.html 2010-02-07T05:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/83645817.html VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – When author Vincent Schilling set forth to document 10 “Native Men of Courage,” a book in the Native Trailblazer Series published by 7th Generation, he had no idea that one of the interviews would take him to the front lines of a forest fire. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:25:09 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/83645817.html 2010-02-05T17:25:09Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/81739282.html "Northern Tales: Traditional Stories of Eskimo and Indian Peoples” is a cultural feast as well as a guidebook to life. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/81739282.html 2010-01-20T05:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/81715357.html The border of northwestern Nebraska and the Pine Ridge area of South Dakota may always be contested ground, with conflict flaring sporadically in small towns where some descendants of Natives and non-Natives of the 1800s continue their forefathers’ battles. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/81715357.html 2010-01-18T05:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/81715037.html Thousands of books on Northern Plains Indians are produced with a focus on a few colorful leaders, recounting their daring, dash and deeds, often elevating them to mythic status. We all know their names; Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Spotted Tail, among others. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:08:29 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/reviews/81715037.html 2010-01-15T16:08:29Z