A Little Bit of Wisdom
Conversations With A Nez Perce Elder
Authors – Horace Axtell & Margo Aragon
Publisher – University of Oklahoma Press
Copyright – 1997
ISBN – 0-8061-3269-8
Paperback – 217 Pages
Genre – Historical
Horace Axtell is a full-blood Nez Perce elder and the leader of the Seven Drum Religion. Axtell has taught the Nez Perce language at Lewis-Clark State College. Margo Aragon is a writer and producer. She met Axtell when she interviewed him for her award winning documentary, Nee-me-poo: The Power of Our Dance.
Conversations with A Nez Perce Elder, Horace Axtell told to the author Margo Aragon is the substance of the historical book. It is an account of Axtell’s personal history and his own personal journey in life. Axtel grew up Christian while he maintained a strong tribal identity. The account talks about Axtell going to war, prison and then coming home to the sacred practice of the Seven Drum Religion. Axtell considered himself a modern Indian.
A Little Bit of Wisdom is an interesting tale of one man’s journey in life. It could have been a book that could be expounded upon to much greater depths. I wasn’t impressed with the book.
Book Review
C.S. Scott
Ratings – 3 stars – ***
