Winner Of The 2006 Oklahoma Book AwardsEvidence of Red: Prose and Poems rails against lost lands and lovers, heralds death and mad warriors, and celebrates a doomed love affair between Hollywood's invented characters: "Noble Savage" and "Indian Sports Mascot." The author, a Choctaw Indian from Oklahoma writes about modern life in America, as well as the strange and humorous encounters she's had with Arabs in Syria, and Jews in Israel. She writes of growing up in a family of native storytellers who tell of their lives and experiences.
Creation
IT Geography
Evidence of Red
Hashi mi Mali
The Unknown Women
Chaos
The Chaos of Angels
How My Fever Broke
The Red Wars
Choctalking on Other Realities
Cannibalism
A Duck's Tune
A Carbon Isotopic Perspective on Dietary Variation in Late Prehistoric Times: Or, Friends I have Loved and Ingested
The List We Make
My Name Is Noble Savage
The Indian Sports Mascot Meets Noble Savage
Disney's Pocahontas Longs for Noble Savage
Ballad of Red Sorrow
Still Code Talking
Choctaw Code Talking
The Lie
Post-Mortem
Bird Woman Returns
Horse Dreaming
Kick Boxing
Indians Never Say Good-bye