Zitkala-Sa wrestled with the conflicting influences of American Indian and white culture throughout her life

and natural objects (including mountains

Jim Northrup makes me proud to be Ojibwe and grateful I can read about it

the great flood

Black humor mingles with magic

Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's Cree Zitkala-Sa wrestled with the conflictingWhy is there no Native woman David Sedaris? Or Native Anne Lamott? Humor categories in publishing are packed with books by funny women and humorous sociocultural political commentarybut no Native women. There are presumably more important concerns in Indian Country. More important than humor? Among the Din Navajo, a ceremony is held in honor of a baby's first laugh. While the context is different, it nonetheless reminds us that laughter is precious,