Bertha Little Coyote was a pistol. She was predictably outspoken and courageous, and her opinions were, to many people's chagrin, piercingly correct in most situations. In this memoir she shows herself also as a deeply tender-hearted, expressive musician who was fiercely committed to people - especially Cheyenne people. She triumphed over ninety years of a difficult life, and had full hopes for an exciting spiritual existence after she leaves everything on earth behind. Here are Bertha Little Coyote's songs and memories of government school, old-time Cheyenne life, fighting white boys, singing around the drum, dancing with the war mothers, being baptized in the lake, and dreaming important dreams. Ethnomusicologist Virginia Giglio says of her teacher, It was the depth of her personality, her power, her particular ability to speak and sing right to the quick of my heart that compelled me to write her life and record her songs.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-13
9780806146249
eBay Product ID (ePID)
213630778
Product Key Features
Book Title
Leaving Everything Behind: the Songs and Memories of a Cheyenne Woman
Author
Bertha Little Coyote, Virginia Giglio
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Social Sciences, History
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
188 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Bertha Little Coyote, Virginia Giglio
Topic Area
Regional History
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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