Spirit Journey

by Dennis Herrick

Overview

A short story of 23 pages. When a newspaper reporter sees Indians from Iowa's Meskwaki tribe apparently digging up graves in a pioneer cemetery, he learns things are not what they seem. The Indians are only pretending to dig as a protest against desecration of Indian graves at nearby mounds. The reporter, an Indian himself from Arizona, begins a search for a thousand-year-old artifact stolen from the mounds. When he finds it, he encounters a collector willing to keep what he'd dug up. Several historical facts are noted about Indian burials. The reporter's humor keeps a light touch on the story, which was originally published in the Wapsipinicon Almanac. The cover illustration is by artist Laura Jean.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013674356
Publisher:	Dennis Herrick
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	22 KB

About the Author

Dennis Herrick won the 2004 Tony Hillerman Mystery Writing Contest and the 2010 Society of Southwestern Authors Writing Contest with his short stories on Native Americans. He and his wife live on the west bank of the Rio Grande between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. A former newspaper reporter and publisher, he taught journalism for ten years at the University of New Mexico.