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Wild Indians and Other Creatures
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Wild Indians and Other Creatures Paperback - 1997

by Adrian C. Louis


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This stunning book will startle readers who harbor romantic notions about contemporary Native American life. In these ten irreverent and interrelated short stories, Louis interweaves his versions of traditional Trickster tales with human stories to create something new and arresting. Set on and around the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota, these unsettling, often politically incorrect stories function almost as a novel. Many are laugh-out-loud funny, while others are stark and sad, yet grimly human and powerful. In this collection, Louis, one of the leading Native American poets, presents an unblinking look at the social ills of reservation life while at the same time speaking of hope and survival for native peoples.

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Wild Indians & Other Creatures is a stunning book that will startle readers who harbor romantic notions of contemporary Native American life. In these interrelated stories, most animals speak and most humans drink. A number of these irrelevant stories of Indian life are reworkings of traditional Trickster talescomplete with horny humanesque coyotes, randy ravens, and mystical bears - which transcend that form and become something new and arresting. Set on and around the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota, these unsettling, often politically incorrect stories almost function as a novel. Many are laugh-out-loud funny, while others are stark and sad, yet grimly human and powerful. Many more stories and lives are interwoven in these sometimes bawdy but always moving and memorable tales. In Wild Indians & Other Creatures, Adrian C. Louis, one of the leading American Indian poets, presents an unblinking look at the social ills of reservation life while at the same time speaking of hope and survival for native peoples.

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  • Title Wild Indians and Other Creatures
  • Author Adrian C. Louis
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 200
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Nevada Press
  • Date 1997-09
  • ISBN 9780874173031 / 0874173035
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.23 x 0.56 in (23.52 x 15.82 x 1.42 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America - South Dakota -, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95047239
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Adrian C. Louis was born and raised in Nevada and is an enrolled member of the Lovelock Paiute Tribe. He teaches at Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Reservation. He has numerous books of poetry and stories and awards to his credit.
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