Resources and Services for Iowa Indigenous Peoples

Includes chapter by Susette La Flesche, a member of the Omaha Tribe in Nebraska. -- "These eighteen short stories by American Indians, written between 1881 and 1936, represent the rise of Indian short fiction--as opposed to traditional legends and tales--following confinement of all recognized tribes to reservations. Previously published only in small journals or American Indian newspapers (with one never published), these stories have been largely inaccessible to general readers, and even to most scholars specializing in Native American literature. Contents: Nedawi, by Susette La Flesche; A Red Girl's Reasoning, by Pauline Johnson; The Tenas Klootchman, by Pauline Johnson; The Sick Child, by Angel DeCora; In the Name of His Ancestor, by William Jones; The Heart of the Brave, by William Jones; The Story of a Vision, by Francis La Flesche; The Soft-Hearted Sioux, by Gertrude Bonnin; A Warrior's Daughter, by Gertrude Bonnin; The Gray Chieftain, by Charles A. Eastman; The Singing Spirit, by Charles A. Eastman; Letter of Fus Fixico, March 23, 1906, by Alexander Posey; Letter of Fus Fixico, January 11, 1907, by Alexander Posey; The Problem of Old Harjo, by John M. Oskison; The Singing Bird, by John M. Oskison; Ee Sa Rah N'eah's Story, by John Joseph Mathews; Hard Riding, by D'Arcy McNickle; Train Time, by D'Arcy McNickle"

Susette La Flesche, the subject of the book, is a member of the Omaha Tribe in Nebraska. -- "Traces Susette La Flesche's lifetime campaign to better conditions for her people in spite of the nineteenth-century handicaps of being both a woman and an Indian."