Not Far Away
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Not Far Away

The Real-life Adventures of Ima Pipiig

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eBook - ePub

Not Far Away

The Real-life Adventures of Ima Pipiig

About this book

In Not Far Away, a semi-fictional memoir, Lois Beardslee gives a chilling acount of racism, particularly that leveled against Native women, in language that is supple, evocative, often comical, and always incisive. Her fictional heroine, the teacher Ima Pipiig (pronounced "buh-BEEG"), endures humiliating insults from school administrators, fellow teachers, students, and callous neighbors. For years, she suffers in silence, believing that opposing bigotry would only fuel its caustic flames-but then she begins to speak out. Scattered among the chapters chronicling Ima's experiences are essays and speeches written by the author herself, blurring the line between fiction and fact and creating a kind of resounding echo of resistance that is the author's response to racism.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 The Real-life Adventures of Ima Pipiig
  8. 2 Kool-Aid
  9. 3 Solstice
  10. 4 Indian Boarding School
  11. 5 Not Far Away
  12. 6 Falcon Clan Meets Indian Boarding School
  13. 7 Venn Diagrams (We Are a Subset of America . . .)
  14. 8 Educating Ima
  15. 9 Before I Offend Most of You, I Would Like to Thank You for Coming
  16. 10 Turtle TV
  17. 11 Public Education as a Form of Media
  18. 12 Racism 101
  19. 13 The Lecture They Want to Hear
  20. 14 Sweetgrass
  21. 15 The Play
  22. 16 Creation Stories
  23. 17 No, Wait—I Know a Part That Comes before the Beginning
  24. 18 The Lore of the Turtle
  25. 19 Book Reviews
  26. 20 The Lars Nederstadt Holocaust Museum
  27. 21 Men in Brown
  28. 22 Why Ima Pipiig Did Not Vote
  29. 23 Jim Crow—Culture of Convenience
  30. 24 The Chair
  31. 25 F-ed by the V-Monologues
  32. 26 The Throw-away People
  33. 27 Laughing Man
  34. 28 I Wanna Be a Delicacy
  35. 29 Dead Horses, and How to Beat Them
  36. 30 Toxins
  37. 31 Gambling for Dollars
  38. 32 Big Waldeau and Pork Patty
  39. 33 Shiigawk
  40. 34 On Warriors, Living and Dead (In Respectful Memory of Charles J. Meyers)
  41. 35 The Shirt
  42. 36 We Did Not Come Over Here on the Mayflower, by Ima Pipiig
  43. 37 The Ladies Sat There Patiently
  44. About the Author