The boy who promised me horses / David Joseph Charpentier ; foreword by He'seota'e Miner.
| Author/creator | Charpentier, David Joseph author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2024] |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xiv, 302 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1. As Brief as His Life -- 2. What I Knew -- 3. Cool, Indian Kids! -- 4. Teacher Dave from Minnesota -- 5. Fishing at Sitting Man Dam -- 6. Needed: High School English Teacher -- 7. Sleep, without Restless Dreams -- 8. I've Never Been Good at Algebra -- 9. Chimney Rock -- 10. Labor Day Powwow -- 11. Eagleman and Hawkman -- 12. Peyote Meeting at the Medicine Bull's -- 13. The Search for Fisher's Butte -- 14. New Possibilities That Felt like Gifts -- 15. Sweat Hobo -- 16. Stag Rock and Birthdays at the Runs Above's -- 17. Get Studly to Run -- 18. It Makes Me Think of Uncle Doug -- 19. The Huckleberry Party and Others -- 20. The Balance of This Day -- 21. Pissing the Day Away -- 22. Hawkman Tries to Say Goodbye to Eagleman -- 23. What Elaine Littlebird Said -- 24. Time and Distance -- 25. You Don't Wanna Help Me, Then, Do You? -- 26. Shooting Star -- 27. I Should Have Known More -- 28. Swallowed by the Darkness -- 29. He Knows How to Ride -- 30. I Wanted Him to Stay -- 31. All the Words I Was Forming, I Held Onto -- 32. Wrong about Buffalo One More Time. |
| Abstract | "A teacher and mentor to students at St. Labre Indian School, David Joseph Charpentier details the joys, dangers, and complexities of life on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in this thoughtful tribute to one of his more memorable students, Maurice Prairie Chief"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | "'He tried to outrun a train,' Theodore Blindwoman told David Joseph Charpentier the night they found out about Maurice Prairie Chief's death. When Charpentier was a new teacher at St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Montana, Prairie Chief was the first student he had met, and the one with whom he formed the closest bonds. From the shock of moving from a bucolic Minnesota college to teach at a small, remote reservation school in eastern Montana, Charpentier details the complex and emotional challenges of Indigenous education in the United States. Although he intended his teaching tenure at St. Labre to be short, Charpentier's involvement with the school has extended beyond thirty years. Unlike many white teachers who came and left the reservation, Charpentier has remained committed to the potentialities of Indigenous education, motivated by the early friendship he formed with Prairie Chief, who taught him lessons far and wide, from dealing with buffalo while riding a horse to coping with student dropouts he would never see again. Told through episodic experiences, the story takes a journey back in time as Charpentier searches for answers to Prairie Chief's life. As he sits on top of the sledding hill near the cemetery where Prairie Chief is buried, Charpentier finds solace in the memories of their shared (mis)adventures and their mutual respect hard won through the challenges of educational and cultural mistrust"-- Provided by publisher. |
| LCCN | 2023048394 |
| ISBN | 9781496238078 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1496238079 |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | LB885 .C515 A3 2024 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |