Cekpa: A Memoir in Beaded Essays Seneca Between 1908 and 1936 Hopi

Between 1908 and 1936 Hopi marathon runners such as Tewanima

Francis Dupuis-Déri is a Professor of Political Science and a member of the Institut de Recherches et d’études Féministes at the Université du Québec à Montréal

is struggling to feel connected to his family and his identity

gruesome prose

Told in the style of a "Coyote Story

Cekpa: A Memoir in Beaded Essays Seneca Between 1908 and 1936 HopiFor Leah Altman, growing up as an adoptee outside of her culture meant growing up without her cekpa, the Lakota connection to family and homeland. Now an adult, Leah departs her life in Portland, Oregon, to seek out her birth family and reconnect to her heritage each chapter of her journey a bead in this literary cekpa crafted for her own children. Born "Baby Girl Blackfeather," Leah Altman was separated from her birth family through placement by the