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Calling for a blanket dance : a novel / by Oscar Hokeah.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2022Copyright date: �2022Edition: First editionDescription: 258 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781643751474
  • 1643751476
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 23/eng/20220201
LOC classification:
  • PS3608.O482755 C35 2022
Contents:
Lena Stopp (1976) -- Vincent Geimausaddle (1981) -- Hayes Shade (1986) -- Lila Geimausaddle-Quoetone (1990) -- Quinton Quoetone (1993) -- Turtle Geimausaddle (1995) -- Yolanda "Sissy" Chavez (1999) -- Hank Quoetone (2003) -- Araceli Chavez (2005) -- Leander Chasenuh (2008) -- Opbee Geimausaddle (2010) -- Ever Geimausaddle (2013).
Summary: "A young Native American boy in a splintering family grasps for stability and love, making all the wrong choices until he finds a space of his own"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Oscar Hokeah's electric debut takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle, whose family--part Mexican, part Native American--is determined to hold on to their community despite obstacles everywhere they turn. Ever's father is injured at the hands of corrupt police on the border when he goes to visit family in Mexico, while his mother struggles both to keep her job and care for her husband. And young Ever is lost and angry at all that he doesn't understand, at this world that seems to undermine his sense of safety. Ever's relatives all have ideas about who he is and who he should be. His Cherokee grandmother, knowing the importance of proximity, urges the family to move across Oklahoma to be near her, while his grandfather, watching their traditions slip away, tries to reuinte Ever with his heritage through traditional gourd dances. Through it all, every relative wants the same: to remind Ever of the rich and supportive communities that surround him, there to hold him tight, and for Ever to learn to take the strength given to him to save not only himself but also the next generation. How will this young man visualize a place for himself when the world hasn't made room for him to start with? Honest, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting, Calling for a Blanket Dance is the story of how Ever Geimausaddle finds his way home. -- From dust jacket.
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"A young Native American boy in a splintering family grasps for stability and love, making all the wrong choices until he finds a space of his own"-- Provided by publisher.

Oscar Hokeah's electric debut takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle, whose family--part Mexican, part Native American--is determined to hold on to their community despite obstacles everywhere they turn. Ever's father is injured at the hands of corrupt police on the border when he goes to visit family in Mexico, while his mother struggles both to keep her job and care for her husband. And young Ever is lost and angry at all that he doesn't understand, at this world that seems to undermine his sense of safety. Ever's relatives all have ideas about who he is and who he should be. His Cherokee grandmother, knowing the importance of proximity, urges the family to move across Oklahoma to be near her, while his grandfather, watching their traditions slip away, tries to reuinte Ever with his heritage through traditional gourd dances. Through it all, every relative wants the same: to remind Ever of the rich and supportive communities that surround him, there to hold him tight, and for Ever to learn to take the strength given to him to save not only himself but also the next generation. How will this young man visualize a place for himself when the world hasn't made room for him to start with? Honest, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting, Calling for a Blanket Dance is the story of how Ever Geimausaddle finds his way home. -- From dust jacket.

Lena Stopp (1976) -- Vincent Geimausaddle (1981) -- Hayes Shade (1986) -- Lila Geimausaddle-Quoetone (1990) -- Quinton Quoetone (1993) -- Turtle Geimausaddle (1995) -- Yolanda "Sissy" Chavez (1999) -- Hank Quoetone (2003) -- Araceli Chavez (2005) -- Leander Chasenuh (2008) -- Opbee Geimausaddle (2010) -- Ever Geimausaddle (2013).

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