DEE BROWN
Creek Mary’s Blood
By Dee Brown
Pocket Books
Introducing another book by
the author of Bury My Heart At
Wounded Knee. In Creek Mary’s
Blood, Dee Brown portrays the
Indians of the Southeast and
their steady persecution by the
white man around mid-19th
century.
The heroine, “Creek Mary" or
"Amayi, The Beloved One" is
the thread that runs through the
book and ties past and present
together. It is her life and her
offspring’s lives that chronicle
the Indians’ forced journey
ever-westward away from the
grasp of the white man.
Travelling west — forced to
move again and again — they
are met only by the Indians of
the West heading east. Even
tually, after an abundance of
brutal killing and futile treaties,
Mary's tribe is herded into re
servations still existing today.
Creek Mary is a strong and
beautiful woman of the Creek
Indians. She has two sons, one
by a white trader, and the other
by a Cherokee. The two sons
are very different from each
other Opothle, who is a “half
breed,” aspires to white man’s
ways, while Talasi the Runner is
strictly Indian.
It is the pure Indian bloodline
that is important to Creek Mary.
When the Runner dies, she
takes his son, Dane, into her
heart and raises him. Dane, with
his grandmother's blood flow
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ing strong in his veins, tells the
story of Creek Mary. He was
very close to her and she talked
to him of the past, always in
stilling in him the need to marry
only one of pure red blood.
The book is full of descrip
tions of the land and the Indian
way of life. It is also full of
scenes of war — white against
red — of trickery, and of the total
non-acceptance, on the part of
the white man, of the
"savages.”
The book is written entirely
from the Indian point of view.
The white man seems alien and
evil, greedy and unfeeling. The
reader is lost in the Indian world,
sometimes objectively, some
times subjectively, but never on
the side of the white man.
— C. Hanson
Treat yourself
to local arts
this weekend
The Community Center for
the Performing Arts continues
its showcasing of area artists in
A Taste of the Arts through
Sunday morning.
Tonight is the final course
before dessert. At 8 p.m. Jazz
Night gets going with Jeff Og
burn as emcee, and co-sponsor
KLCC, Le Jazz Hott, Stan Fink
Group, Phil Curtis Trio, and the
Larry Natiwick Trio. Jazz
Dancer Michelle Powers will al
so perform.
Friday provides the beginning
of dessert — the WOWATHON:
'50s and '60s rock-n-roll. A
night for the True Believers. The
Party Kings, Explorers, Univer
sity Dance Performers, and
Jivin’ Johnny Etheredge join in
the celebration.
On Saturday and on into
Sunday, the WOWATHON
winds up with McKenzie Bridge,
Just Friends, Riders, Native
Pulse, Richard Crandell, Percy
Hilo and more. Breakfast will be
served early Sunday morn.
A Taste of the Arts is free,
although, memberships for the
CCPA are available for $25 or on
a sliding scale to $10. The idea
is to share in the support of the
arts.
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