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Mourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography
by
Mourning Dove
,
Jay Miller
Mourning Dove was the pen name of Christine Quintasket, a member of the Colville Federated Tribes of eastern Washington State. She was the author of Cogewea, The Half-Blood (one of the first novels to be published by a Native American woman) and Coyote Stories, both reprinted as Bison Books. Jay Miller, formerly assistant director and editor at the D'Arcy McNickle Center f
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Paperback
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267 pages
Published
February 1st 1994
by Bison Books
(first published March 1st 1990)
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I read this for my history of women in the American West class. I definitely would not have read this on my own, but it was interesting. The writing wasn't fantastic and I feel like this book only really portrayed what it was like to be a Salish Native American from a child's perspective. None of the event that took place were when she was older. It wasn't the worst read, but I had to read it really fast for class, so it made it a little bit boring since I was rushing it.
I read this book for a Pacific Northwest History course, although it was not a book that I likely would have found on my own, I enjoyed it immensely. Mourning Dove's story is amazing and intriguing. I absolutely loved learning about the culture and traditions of her people, and was saddened by the transitions that took place with the intrusion of white society. I loved learning about how they secretly kept some aspects of their culture and keeping it alive for future generations. A must read, no
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A FAVORITE!!!!!!!!! Mourning Dove was a treasure to the American Indian community. She was one of the first female american indian writers and kept records of all traditional practices that she and her family did when they still lived the old way. Read all of her books.
This wasn't something I would have read just on my own. However, It actually turned out to be quite interesting!
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