Description: Pour out your cup. Hold it out empty. Fill it with stories, " invites noted Native American writer and storyteller, Joseph Bruchac, in his new book Our Stories Remember. And within the pages of this introduction to American Indian history, culture, and values, readers will have a very full cup indeed. In attempting to describe the totality of Native American experience and culture. Bruchac relies on his many years of learning from tribal elders, teachers, and friends, all of whom come from a wealth of Indian nations. Each chapter in the book explores a particular shared cultural value or world view through both traditional stories and Bruchac's commentary. A diverse range of Native groups is included--Tlingit, Navajo, Cree, Abenaki, Yupik, Seminole, Sioux, Cherokee, and many more. Questions are asked and answered, such as: What do the ancient stories mean? How do the Indians define themselves? What are their attitudes toward life and death? What was the impact of the coming of the Europeans? How do Native Americans relate to the natural world? And how do traditional stories sustain tribal American peoples even today? Also included are sidebars on such subjects as the importance of corn to the people (real and symbolic), Indians and art, sign language, ceremony, the impact of boarding schools, reservations, and much more, as well as annotated reading lists of books by other Native authors at the end of each chapter.

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