Blonde Indian, an Alaska Native memoir, Ernestine Hayes
Type
Label
Blonde Indian, an Alaska Native memoir, Ernestine Hayes
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
resource.governmentPublication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
platesillustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Blonde Indian
Oclc number
62741447
Responsibility statement
Ernestine Hayes
Series statement
Sun tracks, v. 57
Sub title
an Alaska Native memoir
Summary
"Told in layers that blend Native stories and metaphor with social and spiritual journeys, this enchanting memoir traces the author's life from her difficult childhood growing up in the Tlingit community, through her adulthood, during which she lived for some time in Seattle and San Francisco, and eventually to her return home. Ernestine Hayes's journey away from her native land and back is complicated by her racially mixed heritage. Neither fully Native American nor Euro-American, Hayes encounters a unique sense of alienation from both her Native community and the dominant culture