indian authors

The author tells how he learned about his own Native American background, how he became a writer, and how he spends his days.

Contains ten biographies of influential contemporary Native American writers, including Sherman Alexie, Marilyn Dumont, and Tim Tingle.

A memoir in which the author describes his upbringing in his grandparent's home where he was loved, nurtured, and encouraged, and tells how he came to fully claim his Abenaki heritage in spite of the fact that his grandfather never admitted to being Native American.