![]() ![]() ![]() You write about things this way if you really love them, even if they aren’t perfect. Regina’s grandmother Chich tells her, “The President has just signed the bill from Congress saying that we’re no longer Indian.”īut before that we are treated to an exact, beautiful description of the res and the people there. That’s just how it was.” But it gets messy fast. She has always lived on the Grand Ronde reservation, thirty miles from Salem, Oregon, but Congress passes a bill that says that the Umpqua (and other tribes in Oregon) have been terminated. It stayed there till the last page, and it’s still talking to me now. But just after reading the first chapter, “The Walking Dead”–SNAP!, the voice of ten year-old Regina Petit was in my head. At first, I was sorry it wasn’t an audio book, because it is sometimes easier for me to listen to books. Whitman for sending the uncorrected proof to review. Indian No More, by Charlene Willing McManis with Traci Sorell, is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Review Source: Indigo’s Bookshelf: Voices of Native Youthīook Author: Charlene Willing McManis, Traci Sorell ![]()
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