Carter Revard, Osage on his father’s side, grew up on the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma. After work as farm hand and greyhound trainer, he took B.A.s from the University of Tulsa and Oxford (Rhodes Scholarship, Oklahoma and Merton 1952), was given his Osage name and a Yale Ph.D., then taught medieval and American Indian literatures before retiring in 1997. He has published Ponca War Dancers; Cowboys and Indians, Christmas Shopping; An Eagle Nation; Family Matters, Tribal Affairs; and Winning the Dust Bowl.

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• Indian TerritoryCoyote Tells Why He SingsGeodeStone AgeSkins as Old TestamentDancing with DinosaursDriving in OklahomaWhat the Eagle Fan SaysBirch CanoeIn Chigger HeavenClose EncountersWazhazhe GrandmotherPonca War DancersOver by Fairfax, Leaving TracksGetting AcrossPure CountryCowboys and IndiansCommuning Before SupermarketsAn Eagle NationDragon-watching in St LouisThat Lightning’s Hard to ClimbAnd Don’t Be Deaf to the Singing BeyondLooking Before and AfterAunt Jewell as Powwow PrincessWhen Earth BringsIn the SuburbsA Mandala of SortsIn the Changing LightOutside in St. LouisWhat the Poet’s Cottage in Tucson Said How the Songs Come DownMaking MoneyTransactionsEarth and DiamondsAmber and LightningSnowflakes, Waterdrops, Time, Eternity and So OnUnzipping AngelsChristmas ShoppingGivenLiquid Crystal ThoughtsSea-changes, Easter 1990Law and OrderDiscovery of the New WorldNovember in Washington, D.C.History into WordsAnother Sunday MorningParading with the Veterans of Foreign WarsComing of Age in the County JailFree White and FifteenFirewaterA Response to TerroristsHamlet and Fortinbras Exchange PleasantriesThe BiograbbersSupport your Local Police DogCriminals as Creators of CapitalChimes at MidnightThe Secret VerbsOn the Planet of Blue-eyed CatsA Song That We Still SingStarring America1. To The Eastern Shores of Light2. New York, With Reservations3. On The ReservationOver ThereAdvice from EuterpeJetliner from Angel CityWhere the Muses HauntThe Swan’s SongPilotless Angel: Christmas, 2004Letter to Friends on the Isle of SkyePostcolonial HyperbaggageColumbus Looks Out Far, In DeepBut Still in Israel’s Paths They ShineSongs of the Wine-throated Hummingbird

Carter Revard, Osage on his father’s side, grew up on the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma. After work as farm hand and greyhound trainer, he took B.A.s from the University of Tulsa and Oxford (Rhodes Scholarship, Oklahoma and Merton 1952), was given his Osage name and a Yale Ph.D., then taught medieval and American Indian literatures before retiring in 1997. He has published Ponca War Dancers; Cowboys and Indians, Christmas Shopping; An Eagle Nation; Family Matters, Tribal Affairs; and Winning the Dust Bowl.

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• Indian TerritoryCoyote Tells Why He SingsGeodeStone AgeSkins as Old TestamentDancing with DinosaursDriving in OklahomaWhat the Eagle Fan SaysBirch CanoeIn Chigger HeavenClose EncountersWazhazhe GrandmotherPonca War DancersOver by Fairfax, Leaving TracksGetting AcrossPure CountryCowboys and IndiansCommuning Before SupermarketsAn Eagle NationDragon-watching in St LouisThat Lightning’s Hard to ClimbAnd Don’t Be Deaf to the Singing BeyondLooking Before and AfterAunt Jewell as Powwow PrincessWhen Earth BringsIn the SuburbsA Mandala of SortsIn the Changing LightOutside in St. LouisWhat the Poet’s Cottage in Tucson Said How the Songs Come DownMaking MoneyTransactionsEarth and DiamondsAmber and LightningSnowflakes, Waterdrops, Time, Eternity and So OnUnzipping AngelsChristmas ShoppingGivenLiquid Crystal ThoughtsSea-changes, Easter 1990Law and OrderDiscovery of the New WorldNovember in Washington, D.C.History into WordsAnother Sunday MorningParading with the Veterans of Foreign WarsComing of Age in the County JailFree White and FifteenFirewaterA Response to TerroristsHamlet and Fortinbras Exchange PleasantriesThe BiograbbersSupport your Local Police DogCriminals as Creators of CapitalChimes at MidnightThe Secret VerbsOn the Planet of Blue-eyed CatsA Song That We Still SingStarring America1. To The Eastern Shores of Light2. New York, With Reservations3. On The ReservationOver ThereAdvice from EuterpeJetliner from Angel CityWhere the Muses HauntThe Swan’s SongPilotless Angel: Christmas, 2004Letter to Friends on the Isle of SkyePostcolonial HyperbaggageColumbus Looks Out Far, In DeepBut Still in Israel’s Paths They ShineSongs of the Wine-throated Hummingbird