Embracing Fry Bread
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Embracing Fry Bread

Confessions of a Wannabe

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Embracing Fry Bread

Confessions of a Wannabe

About this book

When he was out playing Indian, enacting Hollywood-inspired scenarios, it never occurred to the child Roger Welsch that the little girl sitting next to him in school was Indian. A lifetime of learning later, Welsch's enthusiasm is undimmed, if somewhat more enlightened. In Embracing Fry Bread Welsch tells the story of his lifelong relationship with Native American culture, which, beginning in earnest with the study of linguistic practices of the Omaha tribe during a college anthropology course, resulted in his becoming an adopted member and kin of both the Omaha and the Pawnee tribes. With requisite humility and a healthy dose of humor, Welsch describes his long pilgrimage through Native life, from lessons in the vagaries of "Indian time" and the difficulties of reservation life, to the joy of being allowed to participate in special ceremonies and developing a deep and lasting love of fry bread. Navigating another culture is a complicated task, and Welsch shares his mistakes and successes with engaging candor. Through his serendipitous wanderings, he finds that the more he learns about Native culture the more he learns about himself—and about a way of life whose allure offers true insight into indigenous America.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. 1. First, a Story
  7. 2. Introduction
  8. 3. A Beginning
  9. 4. Beyond the Handgame
  10. 5. History, Long and Short
  11. 6. Who Are We?
  12. 7. The Call of Curiosity, Keep the Change
  13. 8. Enter the Wannabes
  14. 9. What’s in a Name
  15. 10. Who Is “The Indian”?
  16. 11. Who Is the Wannabe?
  17. 12. The Contrary Lesson of the Prime Directive
  18. 13. First Steps
  19. 14. The Fix Is Out
  20. 15. Indian Wannabes
  21. 16. Gottabes
  22. 17. Becoming New
  23. 18. How It Goes, How It Went
  24. 19. The Plot Thickens
  25. 20. Why?
  26. 21. Gottabes Again
  27. 22. The Ways of Foodways
  28. 23. Carnivores Forever
  29. 24. Another World
  30. 25. The Consequences of Incuriosity
  31. 26. Symbols and Realities
  32. 27. Indian Humor
  33. 28. Names and Naming
  34. 29. The Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger of 1877
  35. 30. Names . . . and Names
  36. 31. Matters of Faith
  37. 32. Deduction/Induction
  38. 33. What Is Indian Religion?
  39. 34. The Sun Dance
  40. 35. The Native Church
  41. 36. Inside Native Religion
  42. 37. Knowing What We Don’t Know
  43. 38. What History Teaches Us
  44. 39. The Empty Frontier
  45. 40. Indians Today
  46. 41. Indians as Americans
  47. 42. The Land
  48. 43. The Real Wonder of It
  49. 44. Eloquence
  50. 45. From Presumed Inferiority to Rampant Egalitarianism
  51. 46. Time
  52. 47. Property and Gifts
  53. 48. The Gift of Giving
  54. 49. The Fabric of Sharing
  55. 50. The Spirit of Giving
  56. 51. Squaring the Circle
  57. 52. So, How Different Are We?
  58. 53. What We See
  59. 55. Conclusions
  60. 56. Repositories of Wisdom
  61. 57. What’s in It for Indians?
  62. 58. So You Wannabe a Wannabe?