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America   The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America
floated down the busy, murky rapids of the Colorado River on
rubber rafts, our only engines the strong bare backs and arms of
our guides. We slept in tents and ate food cooked over a fire.
In the late afternoons we hiked up narrow canyons and spied the
mysterious pictographs and petroglyphs left by ancient
predecessors. In white and black on the red rocks I saw waving
arms, horses, goats, spears, the squiggly spokes of wheels. In
my early 20s, I envied the simplicity of a life where all that
was expected of me was to follow the well-defined path of my
ancestors. since grown up and recognized those fantasies as
naive and romantic but I still have an enduring fascination and
respect for Native American history and culture. THE EARTH SHALL
WEEP by James Wilson is not only an invaluable reference work on
these subjects, but also a compelling narrative of the many
different nations who lived