Illinois Professor and Author, Tia Greenfield Releases First Novel, Pow-Wow

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Illinois Professor and Author, Tia Greenfield Releases First Novel, Pow-Wow

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Come to Southern Oregon and meet the elders, children, drummers, dancers, vendors, and other pow-wow regulars and hangers-on at the annual Wolf Creek pow-wow. Be there for set-up, shopping and swapping, cooling off in the river. You may even want to jump over the waterfall. You wouldn’t want to miss the tribal salmon feed and potluck supper, would you? Then there’s smudging and drumming around the campfire, plus late night fun and games. Get up early for the flag-raising ceremony the next day, and dance at the afternoon pow-wow. You’re invited to chili night at Pam and Rob’s before the big evening event too. What happens, though, when most of the drum groups counted on for the evening pow-wow just disappear? Who will save the pow-wow? That task falls to an unlikely group of make-do drummers and singers rounded up at the last minute and aided by Menominee elder, Deep Water. Hurray! They pull it off! Don’t head home yet. The fun is just getting started! The ceremonial pow-wow may be a serious and spiritual celebration of local Native American culture, but what happens afterwards? Join sisters Sarah and Suzanne in the field under the stars for the annual naming ceremony and walk with them on the safety patrol. All sorts of things are going on out there in the dark, and what are those teenagers doing over at the river? It may be getting very late, but the night’s still young! Sit in Les’s tepee as he divides up the drum money from the blanket dance, and hang out for marshmallow roasting and crazy talk around the campfire and late night teepee creeping. Unfortunately, all good times must come to an end. Tear-down, clean-up and the raffle bring the pow-wow to an end. But don’t worry, there’ll be another one soon, and until then, just stay on the Good Red Road.

Book Information:
Pow-Wow
By Tia Greenfield
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 978-1-4259-9399-3
Pages: 317
Published: April 2008

About The Author

Tia Greenfield was born in Boulder, Colorado, and spent her childhood there. When she was in her early teens, her family moved to southern Oregon, a place she retains a special affinity for as most of her extended family continues to live there. After graduation from high school, she moved to San Francisco, California, and attended the University of California at Berkeley, where she received both a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in English Language and Literature. She taught literature and composition at City College of San Francisco for many years. Leef, Lars, and Lyca, her children, were born in San Francisco and continue to live there, so she is a frequent visitor to the Bay Area, the place she considers “home.” Currently, she resides in the Chicago area with her husband, Dennis, and teaches English at College of Du Page in Glen, Ellyn, Illinois. POW-WOW is her first novel.

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Tia Greenfield
Email: tiataiji@yahoo.com

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