A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Michael Dorris
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: African Americans, Culture, Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, Biracial people, Friendship, Native Americans or American Indians, Multiculturalism, Women, Adoption or adopted children, Catholics or Catholic Church, Pacific Northwest, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Rodeos
- Locales: Northwest (U.S.)
It is all too easy, while piously lamenting the fate of traditional Indian cultures, to ignore the present-day realities of Indian life--conditions less amenable to romanticizing. There is television on the reservation, and a woman whose son was killed in Vietnam (where Indian casualties were disproportionately high) watches soap operas every day, arguing aloud with the foolish characters on the screen. Others have left the reservation, intermarried. A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER, with other strong books by Native American writers, tells part of our missing history as only fiction can,...
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