Code: 04924622

Bead on an Anthill

Name: Bead on an Anthill
Brand: University of Nebraska Press
SKU: 04924622
Price: 14.70 EUR
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by Delphine Red Shirt

Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 146
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1999
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'Delphine Red Shirt has done a very admirable job of interweaving the past and present, the old ways and new ways, and has captured the often poignant struggle to strike a middle ground between these two often conflicting worlds. This story derives a great deal of strength from its detail and honesty' - Joseph Starita, author of "The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge". 'Delphine Red Shirt gently explores her childhood caught between traditional and evolving Lakota ways. She movingly recalls how her family's support enabled her to thrive despite the tragedy and poverty of reservation life' - Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, author of "Completing the Circle"."Bead on an Anthill" is the story of a Lakota girl's experiences growing up in Nebraska and on the Pine Ridge Reservation in the 1960s and 1970s. Raised in a home without books, Delphine Red Shirt relied on family and friends as her 'books' and wove their stories into her own. Like her ancestors, she felt a powerful connection to the openness of the Plains. She participated in coming-of-age ceremonies and learned the special rules for stringing beads together and the messages conveyed by hairstyles. At the same time, Red Shirt became increasingly aware of the distance between her world and that of her ancestors. Delphine Red Shirt is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and represents her tribe as a nongovernmental representative at the United Nations.