Haboo: Native American Stories from Puget Sound

Haboo: Native American Stories from Puget SoundThe stories and legends of the Lushootseed speaking people of Puget Sound represent an important part of the oral tradition by which one generation hands down beliefs, values, and customs to another. Vi Hilbert grew up when many of the old social patterns survived and everyone spoke the ancestral language. Haboo, Hilbert's collection of thirty three stories, features tales mostly set in the Myth Age, before the world transformed. Animals, plants,

often on the fringes of urban centers

provocative engagement with issues that have been central to her many years of activism

" — Sherman Alexie

and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction

Poems from Pulitzer finalist Linda Hogan explore new and old ways of experiencing the vagaries of the body and existing in harmony with earth's living beings

There are difficulties

he was among the 300-some Dakota spared from hanging by President Lincoln

Neihardt understood and conveyed Black Elk’s experiences in this powerful and inspirational message for all humankind

and Anishinaabe narrative

–Dakota War of 1862—nor did it end there

A Man Called Raven

pour forth a mesmerizing story