Emil Afraid-Of-Hawk's style (A Personal Impression)

[rwd0002 at unt.edu]

It might help us Siouanists to mention which Lakota books we are 
talking about:

Publications of the Branch of Education, US BIA
Indian Life Readers
Sioux Series by Ann Clark, Sioux Text by Emil Afraid of Hawk

Sioux Cowboy (Primer) (1945)
Singing Sioux Cowboy (Reader) (1947)
The Pine Ridge Porcupine (1941)
The Slim Butte Raccoon (1942)
The Grass Mountain Mouse (1943)
The Hen at Wahpeton (1943)
There still are Buffalo (1942)
all illustrated by Andrew Standing Soldier
Bringer of the Mystery Dog, illustrated by Oscar Howe (1944)
Brave Against the Enemy, photographic illustrations by Helen Post (1944)

I own a copy of the Hen of wahpeton, and an English only version of 
Brave against the Enemy, probably 1963. These things are not too easy 
to find in used bookstores, and pricy when they are.

Brave Against the Enemy is a small novel, the only one with pretty 
complex text.

It is good that Emil Afraid of Hawk is being discussed here, In the 
material at the back of the books Willard W. Beatty just says this:  
Emil Afraid of Hawk, an experienced interpreter of the older 
generation, translated this series of books.  But there is more than a 
page of information about the Artist, Andrew Standing Soldier.  In 
those days, the artist was more important than the translator, it 
seems.  Of course, that tends to be the case with children's books in 
general.

Willem