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R alp h G ifford . C E L I L O FA LLS, 1940. C ou rt esy O r e go n St a t e A r ch ive s, H igh w ay D ivision R ecord s, P h ot ograp h # 1 3 2 6 . M o n e y , M e m o ry , a n d T e r r i t o r y in C r a ig L e s le y ’s Win t e r k il l D a v i d B r a n d e C r a ig L e sle y ’s W in terk ill (1 9 8 4 ) t e lls t h e st o r y o f D a n n y K a c h ia h , a d e sc e n d a n t o f t h e C h ie f Jo se p h b a n d o f t h e N e z P e r c e , w h o fo u n d t h e m ­ se lv e s a t w ar o v e r t h e ir fo r c e d r e lo c a t io n fr o m n o r t h e a st e r n O r e g o n ’s W a llo w a M o u n t a in s. T h e n o v e l r e p r e se n t s t h is c h a r a c t e r ’s e ffo r t s t o sit ­ u a t e h im se lf in r e la t io n t o h is c u lt u r a l le g a c y a n d t o p a ss o n w h a t h e c a n o f t h is le ga c y t o h is so n . W h e t h e r t h e se t t in g is t h e U m a t illa R e se r v a t io n , t h e P e n d le t o n R o u n d - U p , o r t h e W a llo w a h igh co u n t r y , Le sle y m a k e s t h e o n g o in g , c o m p le x , a n d in e q u it a b le r e la t io n s b e t w e e n Eu r o - a n d N a t iv e A m e r ic a n s a st r o n g t h e m a t ic fo c u s; t h e se r e la t io n s m u st , if t h e st o r y is t o a v o id a h ist o r ic a l id e a liz a t io n s o f it s N a t iv e A m e r ic a n c h a r a c t e r s, fo r m t h e c o n t e x t in w h ic h t h e fa t h e r - so n r e la ­ t io n sh ip p la y s o u t in t h e n o v e l. I w ill ar gu e t h a t , in sp it e o f t h e p r o b ­ le m a t ic n a t u r e o f a E u r o - A m e r ic a n w r it e r ’s c o n st r u c t io n o...

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