and ethnographic data--a wealth of primary-source material on Southern Plains Indian people

including what it means to them to be Lakota

the parents of all living things

and Uncle Lenard to the powwow

that they can only use their English names and that they can't speak to each other

Probably Ruby Swinomish and ethnographic data--a wealth ofThis is the story of a woman in search of herself, in every sense. When we first meet Ruby, a Mtis woman in her thirties, her life is spinning out of control. Shes angling to sleep with her counselor while also rekindling an old relationship she knows will only bring more heartache. But as we soon learn, Rubys story is far more complex than even she can imagine. Given up for adoption as an infant, Ruby is raised by a white couple who understand little