Maurice Kenny -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Reading the Wampum -- 2. You, Too, Will Have This Printed Word (World) of Your Own -- 3. The Breath and Skin of History -- 4. Dancing Back Strong Our Nations -- 5. Maurice Kenny -- 6. Tortured Skins, Bears, and Our Responsibilities to the Natural World -- 7. Teaching Maurice Kenny's Fiction -- 8. The Spirit of Independence -- 9. Painting "Word-Pictures" in Place -- 10. Two-Spirit Images in the Work of Maurice Kenny -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W.