Johnny's Pheasant masculinity Angela Mesic

Angela Mesic

Harjo’s tale of a hardscrabble youth

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managed to retain and pass on their Ojibwe identity and culture to their children

Johnny's Pheasant masculinity Angela MesicAn encounter with a pheasant (which may or may not be sleeping) takes a surprising turn in this sweetly serious and funny story of a Native American boy and his grandma. "Pull over, Grandma! Hurry!" Johnny says. Grandma does, and Johnny runs to show her what he spotted near the ditch: a sleeping pheasant. What Grandma sees is a small feathery hump. When Johnny wants to take it home, Grandma tries to tell him that the pheasant might have been hit by a