A Native American and author of The Jailing of Cecelia Capture now offers a powerful collection of personal stories and memories. Interweaving her own experiences with striking portraits of relatives, Hale creates an important addition to the literature of women of color.

Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter

Hale, Janet Campbell

Biographies & Memoirs

Perennial

Billy White Hawk leaves his Idaho reservation in search of a better life in California, where instead he encounters hatred and hostility that are increasingly difficult to cope with

The Owl's Song

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Billy White Hawk leaves his Idaho reservation in search of a better life in California only to find hatred and hostility there that he finds increasingly difficult to cope with.

The owl's song

DOUBLEDAY

Billy White Hawk leaves his Idaho reservation in search of a better life in California, where instead he encounters hatred and hostility that are increasingly difficult to cope with.

The Jailing of Cecelia Capture

When thirty-year-old Cecelia Capture Wells, an American Indian law student at Berkeley, is jailed on a drunk driving charge, but held to face another--initially unidentified--charge, she reflects on the course of her life

Random House]

Billy White Hawk leaves his Idaho reservation in search of a better life in California only to find hatred and hostility there that he finds increasingly difficult to cope with.

Owl's Song, The

Children's Books

Starfire

In a collection of autobiographical essays, the author reflects on what it means to be a native American woman, interweaving her own experiences and family history into a study of life on a reservation

Community & Culture

These autobiographical essays by a member of the Coeur d'Alene tribe interweave personal experiences with striking portraits of relatives, both living and dead, to form a rich tapestry of history, storytelling, and remembrance. Hale's is a story of intense and resonant beauty. Breathtaking in its range and authority, Bloodlines is an important addition to the literature of women of color.

University of Arizona Press

The Owl's Song is the story of Billy White Hawk's struggles to find his way toward manhood by leaving the Beneway reservation in Idaho and moving to the city to live with his older half-sister, Alice Fay. First published in 1977, The Owl's Song remains a groundbreaking work and a milestone of contemporary fiction. "Janet Campbell Hale's gifts are genuine and deeply felt."--Toni Morrison

United States

University of New Mexico Press

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Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter

The Owl's Song

The owl's song

The owl's song

The Jailing of Cecelia Capture

Owl's Song, The

Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter

Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter

The Owl's Song