{"product_id":"from-sand-creek-volume-42-sun-tracks","title":"from Sand Creek (Volume 42) (Sun Tracks)","description":"The massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho women and children by U.S. soldiers at Sand Creek in 1864 was a shameful episode in American history, and its battlefield was proposed as a National Historic Site in 1998 to pay homage to those innocent victims. Poet Simon Ortiz had honored those people seventeen years earlier in his own way. That book, from Sand Creek, is now back in print.\n\nOriginally published in a small-press edition, from Sand Creek makes a large statement about injustices done to Native peoples in the name of Manifest Destiny. It also makes poignant reference to the spread of that ambition in other parts of the world—notably in Vietnam—as Ortiz asks himself what it is to be an American, a U.S. citizen, and an Indian. Indian people have often felt they have had no part in history, Ortiz observes, and through his work he shows how they can come to terms with this feeling. He invites Indian people to examine the process they have experienced as victims, subjects, and expendable resources—and asks people of European heritage to consider the motives that drive their own history and create their own form of victimization.\n\nThrough the pages of this sobering work, Ortiz offers a new perspective on history and on America. Perhaps more important, he offers a breath of hope that our peoples might learn from each other:\n\nThis America\nhas been a burden\nof steel and mad\ndeath,\nbut, look now,\nthere are flowers\nand new grass\nand a spring wind\nrising\nfrom Sand Creek.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0816519935\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0816519935.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ortiz, Simon J.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43675850965053,"sku":"BVV.0816519935.G","price":6.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0816519935-0.jpg?v=1790111416","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/from-sand-creek-volume-42-sun-tracks","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}