"Never Trust a White Man"
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (567 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1880222299 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From the Publisher At Conly's first Washington State Intertribal meeting, she heard these shocking words: "Never trust a white man! Never talk to a white man! Stand up for your rights!" Like a gunshot, the voice of the stocky Indian leader hit her the new white teacher carrying her back to when she was six years old and remembering her teacher reading the rolling lines from Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha." With the flow of the song, she moved into the Red Man's World and developed a mystical feeling for the Indian Land and the People she learned to love.
Upon retirement, she turned to writing. . degrees in Education and Home Economics. In 1954 she accepted a position as high school teacher on the Makah Indian Reservation where she remained for five years, returning to Tacoma and the Clover Park School District. Conly is a member of the Washington State Historical Society, UPS Women's L
Kathleen O'Nan said Arlyn Conly's book; "Never Trust a White Man". I lived in Neah Bay as a child. As a matter of fact, I lived on the reservation in the same time frame as the author. But I was in grade school, not high school and therefore didn't know this teacher.
Native American History--a journal of experiences while teaching on the Neah Bay Makah Indian Reservation in Washington State