Surviving in Two Worlds: Contemporary Native American Voices
by Lois Crozier-Hogle and Darryl Babe Wilson; photographs by Giuseppe Saitta; edited by Jay Leibold; assistant interviewer, Ferne Jensen; foreword by Greg Sarris. Copyright © 1997. By permission of University of Texas Press, PO Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819.
Surviving in Two Worlds brings together the voices of twenty-six Native American leaders. The interviewees come from a variety of tribal backgrounds and include such national figures as Oren Lyons, Arvol Looking Horse, John Echohawk, William Demmert, Clifford Trafzer, and Greg Sarris. Their interviews are divided into five sections, grouped around the themes of tradition, history and politics, healing, education, and culture. They take readers into their lives, their dreams and fears, their philosophies and experiences, and show what they are doing to assure the survival of their peoples and cultures, as well as the earth as a whole. The following excerpts, drawn mostly from the section "We Can Have New Visions," highlights four of these leaders' thoughts not only about their history and present conditions, but also about what a livable future would hold, not only for Native Americans, but for all of us.
