Waiting for Wovoka: Envoys of Good Cheer and Liberty

Native puppeteers from the White Earth Reservation travel to the 1962 World's FairIn the summer of 1962,...
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Author: Gerald Vizenor
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Language: English
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Waiting for Wovoka: Envoys of Good Cheer and Liberty by Vizenor, Gerald

Waiting for Wovoka: Envoys of Good Cheer and Liberty

€24,28

Waiting for Wovoka: Envoys of Good Cheer and Liberty

€24,28
Author: Gerald Vizenor
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Native puppeteers from the White Earth Reservation travel to the 1962 World's Fair

In the summer of 1962, a group of young Native American puppeteers travel in a converted school bus from the White Earth Reservation to the Century 21 Exposition, World's Fair in Seattle, Washington. The five Natives, three young men and two young women, have endured abandonment, abuse, poverty, and find solace, humor, and courage with a mute puppeteer--a Native woman in her seventies who writes original dream songs, and creates hand puppets and ironic parleys that mock the ghosts of authority. Dummy Trout, the mute puppeteer, also figured in Native Tributes and Satie on the Seine. The troupe attends a performance of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett and they create a puppet parley for Wovoka, the inspiration of the Native American Ghost Dance Religion.

Author: Gerald Vizenor
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 03/07/2023
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780819500434


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2023

About the Author
GERALD VIZENOR (Naples, FL) is a citizen of the White Earth Nation in Minnesota. He is a prolific and versatile author and editor of more than forty books, including Blue Ravens and Favor of Crows: New and Collected Haiku.

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