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Reviewed on November 1, 2002
K-Gr 4 Through poetry, with young Broken Feather as the focus, Kay attempts to tell the history of the Nez Perc and their relations with white hunters, settlers, and, of course, the Army. However, not once in the text are people referred to by their tribal affiliation. They are always called Natives. Kay manages to get quite a bit of stereotyping into her minimal text as well ("Natives crouch-"; "Wise men chanting, /Tall, proud stance"; "Angry faces, /Stomping fe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More