"That's What They Used to Say": Reflections on American Indian Oral Traditions Pomo Dooley invites us to share

Dooley invites us to share in her bounty

the 'bloody burning work' of her negation and violation

For the San Carlos tribe

written by leading scholars in the field of Native American history

"That's What They Used to Say": Reflections on American Indian Oral Traditions Pomo Dooley invites us to shareAs a child growing up in rural Oklahoma, Donald Fixico often heard "hvmakimata" "that's what they used to say" a phrase Mvskoke Creeks and Seminoles use to end stories. In his latest work, Fixico, who is Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Mvskoke Creek, and Seminole, invites readers into his own oral tradition to learn how storytelling, legends and prophecies, and oral histories and creation myths knit together to explain the Indian world. Interweaving the