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Walking on earth & touching the sky : poetry and prose by Lakota youth at Red Cloud Indian School

Title
Walking on earth & touching the sky : poetry and prose by Lakota youth at Red Cloud Indian School / edited by Timothy P. McLaughlin ; paintings by S.D. Nelson ; foreword by Joseph M. Marshall III.
Publication
  • Walking on earth and touching the sky
  • New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2012.
  • ©2012

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Additional Authors
  • McLaughlin, Timothy P.
  • Nelson, S. D.
  • Marshall, Joseph M. III
Description
80 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
Collects poetry written by Lakota students at Red Cloud Indian School in South Dakota on such topics as the history of oral tradition, the struggles of everyday life, and their personal connections to the natural world.
Alternative Title
Walking on earth and touching the sky
Subject
  • American literature > Indian authors
  • Lakota Indians > Literary collections
  • Indian children's writings
  • Lakota youth
  • Lakota youth
  • American literature > Indian authors
  • Indian children's writings
  • Lakota Indians
  • American literature > Native American authors
  • Teton Indians > Literary collections
Genre/Form
  • Indian children's writings.
  • picture books.
  • poetry.
  • Picture books
  • Literary collections
  • Poetry.
  • Literature.
  • Picture books.
  • Livres d'images.
  • Poésie.
  • Littérature.
Note
  • Includes indexes.
Contents
Introduction -- Natural world -- Misery -- Native thoughts -- Silence -- Spirit -- Family, youth, and dreams -- Language.
ISBN
  • 9781419701795
  • 1419701797
LCCN
2011036454
OCLC
  • ocn995527537
  • 754718016
  • SCSB-14404027
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library