Lost Copper

by Wendy Rose

Poetry collection by Wendy Rose with an introduction by N. Scott Momaday, published by the Malki Museum Press, Morongo Indian Reservation, Banning, California

Genres: Poetry

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

Reviews

[Walter Knapp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Conflict and confusion battle through each verse. Wendy is an urban Indian so she lives and writes in a world both red and white, but so do many American Indian writers. She is further conflicted by being both Hopi and Miwok because she identifies more with her Hopi father's people, but she cannot be enrolled since Hopi are matrilineal and her mother is Mewok, also her tribe. Wendy voices her displeasure with white people who try to write from an Indian perspective.