Pub Date: March 19, 2010
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2009041302
Lexile Code: 0910
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.70" H x 8.67" L x 6.83" W ( 0.61 lbs) 248 pages
BISAC Categories:
Biography and Autobiography | Historical | History | Indigenous | General
Description: Best known as a leader of the Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, Adam Fortunate Eagle now offers an unforgettable memoir of his years as a young student at Pipestone Indian Boarding School in Minnesota. In this rare firsthand account, Fortunate Eagle lives up to his reputation as a "contrary warrior" by disproving the popular view of Indian boarding schools as bleak and prisonlike.
Brief description: Adam Fortunate Eagle is an Ojibwe artist, writer, and frequent guest lecturer. As an advocate for Native civil rights throughout his life, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the State University of New York, New Paltz. He is the author of Heart of the Rock: The Indian Invasion of Alcatraz and Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School.