From Sand Creek by Simon J Ortiz

From Sand Creek by Simon J Ortiz

The massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho women and children by U.S. soldiers at Sand Creek in 1864 was a shameful episode in American history, and its battlefield was proposed as a National Historic Site in 1998 to pay homage to those innocent victims. Poet Simon Ortiz had honored those people seventeen years earlier in his own way. That book, from Sand Creek, is now back in print. Originally published in a small-press edition, from Sand Creek makes a large statement about injustices done to Native peoples in the name of Manifest Destiny. It also makes poignant reference to the spread of that ambition in other parts of the world--notably in Vietnam--as Ortiz asks himself what it is to be an American, a U.S. citizen, and an Indian. Indian people have often felt they have had no part in history, Ortiz observes, and through his work he shows how they can come to terms with this feeling. He invites Indian people to examine the process they have experienced as victims, subjects, and expendable resources--and asks people of European heritage to consider the motives that drive their own history and create their own form of victimization. Through the pages of this sobering work, Ortiz offers a new perspective on history and on America. Perhaps more important, he offers a breath of hope that our peoples might learn from each other: This America- has been a burden- of steel and mad- death,- but, look now,- there are flowers- and new grass- and a spring wind- rising- from Sand Creek.

Simon Ortiz, a native of Acoma Pueblo and author of multiple books, is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and storyteller.

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ISBN 13	9780816519934
ISBN 10	0816519935
Title	From Sand Creek
Author	Simon J Ortiz
Series	Sun Tracks Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Arizona Press
Year published	2000-01-30
Number of pages	96
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.