Power: A Novel - Hardcover

Hogan, Linda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393046362 ISBN 13: 9780393046366

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1998

Synopsis

When sixteen-year-old Omishto, a member of the Taiga tribe, witnesses her Aunt Ama kill a panther--an animal considered to be a sacred ancestor of the Taiga people--she becomes caught between the powers of the legal system over the native peoples and the mythic powers of her ancestors. 20,000 first printing.

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Review:

In this coming-of-age story, a 16-year-old Native American girl named Omishito (a Tiaga name meaning One Who Watches) inadvertently witnesses the hunting and killing of her clan's sacred animal, the Florida panther. What makes this especially troubling and complicated for Omishito is that her beloved spiritual mentor, Ama, is the panther's murderer. At first, Omishito cannot fathom why Ama, a tribal elder who still practices the old powers, would commit this sacrilege and risk the wrath of her tribe and country. (Unlike the Tiaga tribe, the Florida panther is considered endangered and therefore federally protected.) Through seamless storytelling and expert scene building, Linda Hogan reveals the many-layered mysteries inherent in this novel (based on a true story) as well as the powerful forces that endanger Native Americans and the survival of their spirituality. --Gail Hudson

About the Author:

Linda Hogan is a Chickasaw poet, novelist, and essayist. She is a professor at the University of Colorado.

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0393046362
• ISBN 13: 9780393046366
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 235