101-Year-Old Still Active, Spry
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Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 5, May 1977, p. 53
Description
Celebration of the 101st birthday of Maggie Okanee of Thunderchild reserve.
Discusses importance of three books: Cogewea the Half-Blood, Coyotes Stories, and Morning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography.
Discusses a play, The Book of Jessica, that illustrates the struggle women have in understanding what being "a woman" means, including across the barriers of race, culture, privilege and age.
Presents brief biographies, plus poems by Mike Cutler and Lance Henson illustrating various writing styles.