Cogewea, the half blood : a depiction of the great Montana cattle range

One Of The First Known Novels By A Native American Woman, Cogewea (1927) Is The Story Of A Half-blood Girl Caught Between The Worlds Of Anglo Ranchers And Full-blood Reservation Indians; Between The Craven And False-hearted Easterner Alfred Densmore And James Lagrinder, A Half-blood Cowboy And The Best Rider On The Flathead; Between Book Learning And The Folk Wisdom Of Her Full-blood Grandmother. The Book Combines Authentic Indian Lore With The Circumstance And Dialogue Of A Popular Romance; In Its Language, It Shows A Self-taught Writer Attempting To Come To Terms With The Rift Between Formal Written Style And The Comfort-able Rhythms And Slang Of Familiar Speech. By Hum-ishu-ma, Mourning Dove, Given Through Sho-pow-tan ; With Notes And Biographical Sketch By Lucullus Virgil Mcwhorter ; Introduction By Dexter Fisher. Bison Book. Reprint Of The 1927 Ed. Published By Four Seas Co., Boston. A story of a half-blood girl caught between the worlds of Anglo ranchers and full-blood reservation Indians; between the craven and false-hearted easterner Alfred Densmore and James LaGrinder, a half-blood cowboy and the best rider on the Flathead; and, between book learning and the folk wisdom of her full-blood grandmother. Story of a half blood Indian woman stuck between two worlds