商品簡介
"Always sharp witted, Northrup chronicles the life of a birchbark basket maker and storyteller working in the woods and lakes, traveling to museums, colleges, and culture camps." -Heid E. Erdrich
"[A] moving and hilarious examination of both Native community life and Northrup's experiences as a writer, speaker, and Marine veteran." -A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff, professor emerita of English, University of Illinois-Chicago
"Jim Northrup is an American-American." -George Carlin
Jim Northrup takes an unflinching and often humorous look at Indian Country in the twenty-first century
Over the past decade, Indian Country has seen great changes, touching everything from treaty rights to sovereignty issues to the rise (and sometimes the fall) of gambling and casinos. With unsparing honesty and a good dose of humor, Jim Northrup paints a vivid portrait of Native American culture past, present, and future. Rez Salute is a must-read for anyone interested in life on the rez.
作者簡介
Jim Northrup is an award-winning journalist, poet, and playwright. His syndicated column, Fond du Lac Follies, was named Best Column by the Native American Journalists Association.