The Singing Bird by John Milton Oskison
A rediscovered novel portrays Cherokees in transitionJohn Milton Oskison was a mixed-blood Cherokee known for his writing and his activism on behalf of Indian causes. The Singing Bird, never before published, is quite possibly the first historical novel written by a Cherokee.
Set in the 1840s and '50s, when conflict erupted between the Eastern and Western Cherokees after their removal to Indian Territory, The Singing Bird relates the adventures and tangled relationships of missionaries to the Cherokees, including the promiscuous, selfish Ellen, the ""Singing Bird"" of the title. The fictional characters mingle with such historical figures as Sequoyah and Sam Houston, embedding the novel in actual events.
The Singing Bird is a vivid account of the Cherokees' genius for survival and celebrates Native American cultural complexity and revitalization.
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The Massacre at Sand Creek
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The Sharpest Sight
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After the Theft of the Sacred Volume 75
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The Mask Maker
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Wil Usdi
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Briefcase Warriors
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The Absence of Angels
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Muting White Noise
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Firesticks
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Literacy and Intellectual Life in the Cherokee Nation, 1820-1906
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Mediation in Contemporary Native American Fiction
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Native Removal Writing
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Twenty Thousand Mornings
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Mixedblood Messages
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Bone Game
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Red Bird, Red Power
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I Hear the Train
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Padoskoks
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Eye Killers
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Chenoo
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John Joseph Mathews
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Plastic Indian
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Old Three Toes and Other Tales of Survival and Extinction
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Where the Pavement Ends
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Nightland
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Wolfsong
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Only Approved Indians
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Other Destinies
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Summer in the Spring
Melinda Smith Mullikin is a former media editor for The New Georgia Encyclopedia.
Timothy B. Powell is author of Ruthless Democracy: A Multicultural Interpretation of the American Renaissance.
Jace Weaver is Franklin Professor of Native American Studies and Religion at the University of Georgia. He is the author of The Red Atlantic: American Indigenes and the Making of the Modern World, 1000-1927.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780806138183 |
| ISBN 10 | 0806138181 |
| Title | The Singing Bird |
| Author | John Milton Oskison |
| Series | American Indian Literature And Critical Studies Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Year published | 2007-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |