Book suggestions are for the benefit of our members, chosen by the Midwest SOARRING Board according to the traditional respect that Native people have held for words: not only symbols of meaning but units of power. Reading material is selected that can correct erroneous images and enhance learning about Native history, spirituality and current issues.

This quarter's titles include:

P The Boy Who Lived with the Bears and Other Iroquois Stories by Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki), 1995

I One More Story: Contemporary Seneca Tales of the Supernatural, by DuWayne Leslie Bowen (Seneca), 1991

JH Columbus, His Enterprise, by Han Koning, 1991, (Explodes the myth of Christopher Columbus by revealing the truth of European imperialism embodied in his mission.)

And Still the Waters Run, The Betrayal of the Five Civilized Tribes by Angie Debo, Princeton University Press, 1940. A general history by a reliable historian.

Always A People, Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians, Collected by Rita Kohn and W. Lynwood Montell, with reproductions of full-color oil portraits by Evelyn Ritter, Indiana University Press, 1997. Unedited interviews.

Celluloid Indians, Native Americans and Film, by Jacqueline Kilpatrick, University of Nebraska Press, 1999. History of Native representation and misrepresentation on film.

Midwest SOARRING aims to cover a broad range of subject matter relating to Native peoples. In no way does SOARRING expect to exhaust the good selections available, nor endorse any text in its entirety.

Catalogs listing all books suggested in this series, plus a full range of materials for various age groups, are available through Greenfield Review Press, (518) 583-1440, and Oyate, (510) 848-6700.