Waterlily

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Bison Books
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 1988
Edition: First Edition

Description: 251 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: When Blue Bird and her grandmother leave their familys camp to gather beans for the long, threatening winter, they inadvertently avoid the horrible fate that befalls the rest of the family. Luckily, the two women are adopted by a nearby Dakota community and are eventually integrated into their kinship circles. Ella Cara Delorias tale follows Blue Bird and her daughter, Waterlily, through the intricate kinship practices that created unity among her people.Waterlily, published after Delorias death and generally viewed as the masterpiece of her career, offers a captivating glimpse into the daily life of the nineteenth-century Sioux. This new Bison Books edition features an introduction by Susan Gardner and an index.

ISBN: 9780803219045