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Young people have always echoed the feelings, moods, and climates of the adult world with surprising perception. And this astonishing collection of poems and essays written by young contemporary Native Americans is no exception. Here, with insight, clarity, and strength of feeling, are words of protest against prejudice and oppression, poems of estrangement and pain, cries for lost worlds and lost identities. But here, too, are songs of celebration and joy for the future of all Native American families-and hope that change is not only possible but already in the air. Book jacket.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 5 Up-- In light of the gifts Native peoples have given to Western culture , they still remain the silent voice in the political, cultural, economic, and spiritual resonance of America. This text seeks to send a voice to the rest of American culture, through the eyes, ears, minds, and hearts of young Native Americans. These poems, stories, songs, and essays cover a span of over 100 years--1887-1990. In a time when many of these young people faced forced assimilation and loss of cultural identity, the common thread uniting their works was one of survival, continuance, and lastly hope. Hirschfelder and Singer have included extensive biographical information on each of the students who contributed to the anthology. The book is divided into six sections, with subject headings as ``Identity,'' ``Family,'' ``Homelands,'' ``Ritual and Ceremony,'' ``Education,'' and ``Harsh Realities.'' This is no romanticized version of Native American life, but rather a picture of traditions that survived through the courage of children. It's an excellent source for social studies and English classes, as well as a fine book for general reading, as it effectively conveys modern Indian life. --Carolyn M. Dunn, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
Through more than 60 poems and essays, contemporary Native American children and young adults share their feelings about themselves, their people and their land. While some selections in this anthology are reverent in tone, revealing a deep respect for nature, family and tradition, other writings emerge as protests against prejudice and oppression. In the first section of the book, ``Identity,'' the young Native Americans tell of their struggles to fit into a white society without denying their heritage. Another chapter, ``Education,'' traces their growing desire to learn, if not regain, ancestral customs and beliefs. Readers of all cultures should have no trouble relating to the ideas presented here. Characterized by clear imagery and unadorned language, these expressions of anger, regret and hope provide enormous insight into a race of people whose opinions, until recent times, have been too often suppressed. Ages 12-up. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
In a collection of moving poems and essays spanning one hundred years, young Native Americans express their feelings about identity, family, ritual, and education. Though the realities to which the selections give testimony are often harsh, the collective voice of these Native Americans paying homage to their heritage is a hopeful one. Ind. From HORN BOOK 1992, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
From Maine to the Aleutians but largely from the West and Southwest; from the 19th century to the present, with a preponderance from the 60's and 70's; from young people whose white schooling estranged them from their tribes to those who view their heritage with pride--these 62 poems and essays testify eloquently to the richness, sorrows, and deep ambivalence of being Native American. The editors (Singer grew up in Santa Clara Pueblo) provide informative introductions to sections on ``Identity,'' ``Family,'' ``Homelands,'' ``Ritual and Ceremony,'' ``Education,'' and ``Harsh Realities''--e.g., a succinct summary of the sorry history of obligatory white-run schools; information on each author and the circumstances of the writing are also included. Always honest and heartfelt; expressing a variety of strong emotions with subtlety, simplicity, or irony but always with intelligence and conviction: pieces that present a compelling image of young people undaunted by their bitter history. Notably memorable source material. (Nonfiction. 12+)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 5-8. "From the silent, windswept land a voice can be heard." In this anthology, we hear a variety of young native American voices, many of them in grade school. Organized into sections on identity, family, homelands, ritual and ceremony, education, and harsh realities, the poems, brief essays, and testimonies convey a range of feelings, from pride in the old ways to conflict about the new. A few pieces flash with bitterness ("we are treated / As though we just got here") and attack white misconceptions. There's a heartbreaking early account by a Chippewa sent away to school for seven years, who came home a stranger. The stark poem "Telegram" tells of a brother wounded in Vietnam. But most pieces are about pride and self-esteem; there's no humor. The editors' hands are heavy, providing not only an introduction to each section, but also notes on each page about how, why, where, when, and with which teacher or program each contribution came to be written. It's the young people's words that will speak to readers about how it feels to be Indian "trying to be in harmony with both ways." ~--Hazel ~Rochman