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1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : illustrations |
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Editor's Preface by Carolyn Reyer; Acknowledgments; I + Childhood Memories: Wood, South Dakota; II + Hard Times: Alliance, Nebraska; III + A Second Gunner: Korea; IV + First Baker: A Trade and a Family; V + An Alcoholic: Losing Evetything; VI + A Treatment Failure: Fort Meade; VII + Sober Again: A New Life; Vlll + An Indian Candidate for Public Office; IX + Indigenous Mental Health Worker; X + Community Organizer: Programs for Indians; XI + The American Indian Council: Speaking for Ourselves; XII + Loved Ones: Losses and Recoveries; Afterword by Kenneth Lincoln |
| Summary |
""At time when most Americans don't realize that over 66 percent of Indians live off the reservation, this book is a powerful witness ... it will reward the reader with an illuminating look into what it means to be a member of America's Native minority.""--Kirkus ReviewsNarrated with intense honesty, this autobiography of Mark Monroe, a Lakota Sioux Indian, is a story of courage, faith, and determination, and a rare opportunity to witness the life of a contemporary American Indian. Despite lifelong confrontations with violence, racism, and personal hardship--alcoholism, family deaths |
| Analysis |
"Multi-User" |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Monroe, Mark, 1930-2004
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| SUBJECT |
Monroe, Mark, 1930-2004
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Monroe, Mark, 1930-2004 fast |
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Oglala Indians -- Biography
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Oglala Indians
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Reyer, Carolyn, 1919-2009.
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| ISBN |
9781439900970 |
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1439900973 |
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9781566392341 |
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1566392349 |
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