A WHITE AMERICAN WOMAN AND A NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN BOUND TOGETHER IN HISTORY

It is important to me to encourage the welfare of the beautiful indigenous people of my country. For this reason, I include Native American characters in my books when appropriate, facets of my stories that place me on joyous research studies about them—about their histories, their cultures, and their priceless and immeasurable contributions to American life. Today and for fitting days in the future, I will post the covers and short descriptions of books about American Indians, many of them from my library, as well as from other sources. I hope they will spark interest in, concern for, and support of Native Americans on the part of my friends who read my posts.

Today’s feature, referred to me by a friend, is an anthology of books under the heading of “Tender Ties Historical Series,” by Jane Kirkpatrick. Its overview states, “During the fur-trapping era of the early 1800's, Marie Dorion refuses to be left behind in St. Louis when her husband heads west. Faced with hostile landscapes, an untried expedition leader, and her volatile husband, Marie finds that the daring act she hoped would bring her family together may, in the end, tear them apart.

History records that on the journey, Marie may have briefly met Sacajawea, the famous interpreter who accompanied Lewis and Clark. She too was married to a mixed-blood man of French Canadian and Native American descent, and was raising a son in a white world. In this imaginative re-telling, the two women forge a friendship that will uphold Marie long after they part, even as she fights for her children's very survival. Her story reminds us that women are bound together in history, now and forever.

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