Choteau Creek: A Sioux Reminiscence by Joseph Iron Eye Dudley - 1992-08-01

University of Nebraska Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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University of Nebraska Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Nebraska Press, 1992. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Nebraska Press, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged.

Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. The author was raised by his grandparents on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in the South Dakota prairie. He wrote this book about the common, quiet people, the backbone of the reservations, the ones who pass on the values that make Native Americans what they are. 179 pages. Library stamp on page edge, pocket on first page,; Ex Library; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2

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ix+179 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's quarter blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine over dark blue boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. From the time he was three years old, in 1943, Joseph Iron Eye Dudley was raised by his grandparents on the Yankton Sioux Reservation. Their tiny weatherbeaten house, nestled in a bend of Choteau Creek on the rolling South Dakota prairie, is where he grew up, and this moving reminiscence recreates with warmth and candor a childhood poor in material goods but overflowing with spiritual wealth. "Much has been written," says the author, "by and about Native American people who are active in political and social movements, and much has been said about the appalling conditions of reservation life. This book is about the common, quiet people who never make the headlines or find their names in print. They are the backbone of the reservations, the ones who pass on the values that make Native American what they are. This story… Read More

Lincoln: Univ. Of Nebraska Press. Hardcover. 1992. 1st Edition. 8vo 179pp . Fine in Very Good DJ. Signed by Author Dudley was born in 1940 and raised by his grandparents on the Yankton Sioux Reservation .