"That's What They Used to Say": Reflections on American Indian Oral Traditions

"That's What They Used to Say": Reflections on American Indian Oral TraditionsAs a child growing up in rural Oklahoma, Donald Fixico often heard "hvmakimata" "that's what they used to say" a phrase Mvskoke Creeks and Seminoles use to end stories. In his latest work, Fixico, who is Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Mvskoke Creek, and Seminole, invites readers into his own oral tradition to learn how storytelling, legends and prophecies, and oral histories and creation myths knit together to explain the Indian world. Interweaving the

mocs-on-the-ground story of music

we see the attitudes and beliefs of the Ojibway people come alive

000 years ago to imagine moments in time

honesty and wisdom

and Duyvkta

and compelling book tells a daughter's story of her troubled mother

and still others are descendants of those who were kidnapped and forced here against their will

How can a contemporary life be informed by the traditions of the past

Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator

Ghost Horse

Drawing on indigenous circle practice for communication

When Rabbit discovers many animals could not find water