Editor's Note ix
Introduction xiii
Dr. Helen Maynor Scheirbeck
How to Get to the Planet Venus
1(19)
Joy Harjo
Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play ``The Star-Spangled Banner'' at Woodstock
20(13)
Sherman Alexie
A Real-Live Blond Cherokee and His Equally Annoyed Soul Mate
33(9)
Cynthia Leitich Smith
The Last Snow of the Virgin Mary
42(27)
Richard Van Camp
Crow
69(15)
Linda Hogan
Ice
84(10)
Joseph Bruchac
Wild Geese (1934)
94(8)
Louise Erdrich
The Magic Pony
102(30)
Greg Sarris
Summer Wind
132(8)
Lee Francis
Drum Kiss
140(13)
Susan Power
About the Authors 153