A Little City Indian in the 1950’s

Description

City Indian a coming-of-age story| like many| rife with familial dysfunction| booze| and lust. This one is set against the back drop of the 1950’s; the character| Hebe is only four and the child of an “American Indian” father and a White mother. Interracial marriage is illegal in thirty-five of the forty-eight states| and discrimination and racially-based bullying are legal and accepted practices. They wreaked havoc on families’ and children’s minds. Among her loving multi-racial family| she learns acceptance| but she goes into the world| to school and faces a society which labels and judges others. In following her through the next seven years in the pre-Civil rights 50’s| northeast Native American myths are told. Additionally| Winchinchala has peppered in the almost extinct language| Wampanoag (Wopanaak). At its heart| City Indian is the tale of an ordinary girl who is| in a way| every child searching for identity. She is tossed from residence to residence. All she wants to do is go back home| though she never really had one.