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New on the Book Shelf: Medicine Trail; The Life and Lessons of Gladys Tantaquidgeon

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From: Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
Date: 20001213
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Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
12-13-2000
New on the Book Shelf: Medicine Trail; The Life and Lessons of Gladys
Tantaquidgeon

By Melissa Jayne Fawcett

For those who remember James Fenimore Cooper's classic, "The Last of the
Mohicans," the young sachem (head chief) Uncas jumped to his death, without
issue.

Today's Mohegan children represent the 13th generation of the real Uncas
who was born about 1598 and lived well into his 80s. The tribe lives, some
1,300 members strong.

This book, so the preface tells us, recounts the life of Sachem Uncas'
modern-day ninth-generation granddaughter, ...

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