On the rez
(Book)
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Published
New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
978.366 FRAZI
1 available
978.366 FRAZI
1 available
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Published
New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
On the Rez is a sharp, unflinching account of the modern-day American Indian experience, especially that of the Oglala Sioux, who now live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the plains and badlands of the American West. Crazy Horse, perhaps the greatest Indian war leader of the 1800s, and Black Elk, the holy man whose teachings achieved worldwide renown, were Oglala; in these typically perceptive pages, Frazier seeks out their descendants on Pine Ridge-a/k/a "the rez"-which is one of the poorest places in America today. Along with his longtime friend Le War Lance (whom he first wrote about in his 1989 bestseller, Great Plains) and other Oglala companions, Frazier fully explores the rez as they visit friends and relatives, go to pow-wows and rodeos and package stores, and tinker with a variety of falling-apart cars. He takes us inside the world of the Sioux as few writers ever have, writing with much wit, compassion, and imagination. In the career of SuAnne Big Crow, for example, the most admired Oglala basketball player of all time, who died in a car accident in 1992, Frazier finds a contemporary reemergence of the death-defying, public-spirited Sioux hero who fights with grace and glory to save her followers. On the Rez vividly portrays the survival, through toughness and humor, of a great people whose culture has helped to shape the American identity. -- from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Frazier, I. (2000). On the rez . Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Frazier, Ian. 2000. On the Rez. Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Frazier, Ian. On the Rez Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Frazier, Ian. On the Rez Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000.
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