Review of \u3ci\u3eWhere the Tall Grass Grows: Becoming Indigenous and the Mythological Legacy of the American West\u3c/i\u3e by Bobby Bridger

Abstract

Musician, writer, and entertainer Bobby Bridger, a descendant of the well-known western trapper and scout Jim Bridger, has written a book attempting to link the past to the present by connecting historical eras of the American western movement with how Native Americans have been viewed, not only at the time, but in modern writing, especially fiction, stage productions, and, most importantly, motion pictures. His thesis is apparently based on a sentiment expressed by Indigenous author Joseph Marshall III at a Western Writers of America Conference to the effect that, although Indians have walked in the white world, whites have not walked in the Native world. His inspiration is also drawn from John Neihardt\u27s classic Black Elk Speaks, Dee Brown\u27s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, as well as the works of Vine and Philip Deloria

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