Waiting for Wovoka: Envoys of Good Cheer and Liberty

by Gerald Vizenor

Native puppeteers from the White Earth Reservation travel to the 1962 World's Fair

In the summer of 1962, a group of young Native American puppeteers travel in a converted school bus from the White Earth Reservation to the Century 21 Exposition, World's Fair in Seattle, Washington. The five Natives, three young men and two young women, have endured abandonment, abuse, poverty, and find solace, humor, and courage with a mute puppeteer--a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819500429
• ISBN13: 9780819500427
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"