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Po Pai Mo, The Search for White Buffalo Woman, Life Among the Native Americans
Contributor(s): Boissiere, Robert (Author)

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ISBN: 0865340242     ISBN-13: 9780865340244
Publisher: Sunstone Press
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: July 2016
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Annotation: From a Nazi prison camp to the rocky mesas of Hopi, Arizona, Robert boissiere takes the reader on a literary and spiritual vogage of the first magnitude. A Frenchman, dispossessed of his land in the Second World War, the author arrives in America homeless, and finds a permanent place among two different Indian tribes in the American Southwest. The Hopis accept him as one of them because -- in spirit -- he is one of them, even when he is breaking a rule he knows nothing about:

"Leslie, ' I began impatiently, as everyone silently dipped their fingers in the bowl of rabbit stew. A long silence followed. I imagined my relationship with my Hopi family ruined by the audacity of my mouth. A sacrilege, I though, speaking when I am not supposed to. Then, Leslie and his family burst into a loud unrestrained laugh".

While living, and learning, at Taos Pueblo in New Mexico (the first white man to do so) Boissiere finds his second home and his great love, Po Pai Mo, the woman he marries. His search for White Buffalo Woman over, his life as an Indian -- begun at Hopi -- now matures as his new wife teaches him the ways of her people. The gift of knowledge she gives him in this enchanting tale completes the journey of the man without a country. Rooted at last, secure in his life with Po Pai Mo, Robert boissiere learns how to live, how to love, and how to die.

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BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - Native American
Dewey: B
LCCN: 83004668
Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.54" W x 8.5" L (0.31 lbs) 96 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
 
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From a Nazi prison camp to the rocky mesas of Hopi, Arizona, Robert Boissiere takes the reader on a literary and spiritual voyage of the first magnitude. A Frenchman, dispossessed of his land in the Second World War, the author arrives in America homeless, and finds a permanent place among two different Indian tribes in the American Southwest. The Hopis accept him as one of them because-in spirit-he is one of them, even when he is breaking a rule he knows nothing about. The book is about living and learning all over again. While living, and learning, at Taos Pueblo in New Mexico (the first white man to do so) Boissiere finds his second home and his great love, Po Pai Mo, the woman he marries. His search for White Buffalo Woman over, his life as an Indian-begun at Hopi-now matures as his new wife teaches him the ways of her people. The gift of knowledge she gives him in this enchanting tale completes the journey of the man without a country. Rooted at last, secure in his life with Po Pai Mo, Robert Boissiere learns how to live, how to love, and how to die.
 
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