Walking the Rez Road-Jim Northrup 175 pgs

 This is a book which alternate betwee short stories and poems featuring Luke Warmwater as a main character. Luke, who is a Vietnam veteran, is having difficulty 'surviving the peace' on a reservation where everyone is broke and where the tribal government seems to work against the interests of the reservation folk. Throughout Walking the Rez Road, the humor holds the people and their community together.

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MN Lang Arts standard 6.4.9.9.  use poem on pg 164 to compare/contrast other texts of Vietnam/war.

MN Lang Arts standard  7.4.9.9   use poem on pg 14 to compare / contrast w/ another text on the same topic.