Home Waltz National Indigenous Peoples Day hereditary chief Umeek

hereditary chief Umeek

There is a map of the territory and an aerial shot of the location of Sheyenne's family home

On each page appears a special poem about the Corn

and yellows every fall

and Charlie James

Home Waltz National Indigenous Peoples Day hereditary chief UmeekIn 1973, fifteen year old Qqski, or "Squito" Bob, is a mixed blood Nekepmx boy trying to find his place in a small, mostly Native town. His closest friends are three nekepmx boys and a white kid, an obnoxious runt who thinks himself superior to his friends. Accepted as neither Native nor white, Squito often feels like the stray dog of the group and envisions a short, disastrous life for himself. Home Waltz follows the boys over thirty six hours on