Publisher's Synopsis
This collection of life stories, paired with photographs, presents 30 American Indian men and women - medicine men, spiritual leaders and others - discussing their lives, their history and their struggle to preserve tradition. Each chapter contains an elder's narrative, a biographical profile and a full-page photograph.;Within the chapters, the elders tackle such politically charged topics as life on the reservation, the effect of government schools on the Indian family and the survival of Native culture. Sandy Johnson is the author of "Walk a Winter Beach", "Against the Law" and "The Cuppi".
