Free Tribal Journey by Gary Robinson

the song in the traditional Salish gesture of thanks.
    They began to circle the field as they sang. Soon others joined in the circle. One of the Cowichan elders approached me at the microphone. With Jessy’s help, the old man led me to the center of the growing circle. It wasn’t long before every able-bodied person in that arena was dancing in the circle.
    That did it. Tears welled up in my eyes. What an awesome ending to my first Tribal Journey. What an awesome beginning to my own personal tribal journey.
    A new sense of strength flowed through my body. A new sense of determination flowed through my mind. I
would
walk again,no matter how long it took. I
would
swim again too.
    Until then, I was proud to know I was a Coast Salish Indian. A member of the Raven Canoe Family. A part of the ancient Duwamish Nation.

About the Author
    Gary Robinson, a writer and filmmaker of Cherokee and Choctaw Indian descent, has spent more than twenty-five years working with American Indian communities to tell the historical and contemporary stories of Native people in all forms of media.
    His television work has aired on PBS, Turner Broadcasting, Ovation Network, and others. His nonfiction books,
From Warriors to Soldiers
and
The Language of Victory,
reveal little-known aspects of American Indian service in the U.S. military from the Revolutionary War to modern times. In addition to
Tribal Journey,
he has also written another novel,
Thunder on the Plains,
and two children’s books that share aspects of Native American culture through popular holiday themes:
Native American Night Before Christmas
and
Native American Twelve Days of Christmas.
He lives in rural central California.

7th Generation
publications celebrate the stories and achievements of Native people in North America through fiction and biography.
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    Thunder on the Plains
    Gary Robinson
    978-1-939053-00-8
    $9.95
    A Native teen deals with the loss of his father by attending a summer survival camp. After two years, Danny Wind is still not over his father’s death. And when his mom marries a white man and they move to a new “white bread” neighborhood, Danny’s life gets even worse. The school principal considers him a troublemaker and he has to avoid Willy, a bully who calls him “redskin” and “Tonto.” After he acts out and gets suspended from school, Danny’s mom decides to send him to a summer survival camp for American Indian teens.
    Danny is sure he is in for a terrifically boring summer—there isn’t even Internet access on the reservation. Instead he meets other Indian kids, learns to ride and care for horses, and develops a relationship with his grandfather, who teaches him the ways of his people.
    Before long, Danny decides that life on the reservation is pretty cool. But never in his craziest dreams did he expect to become involved in rescuing bison from Yellowstone National Park—much less planning the adventurous mission!
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1-800-695-2241
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