Blood on the Wind: The Memoirs of Flying Horse Molie, a Yampa Ute
- Book Review,
by Lucile Bogue
David Lavender, author
A Ute Indian girl simultaneously confronts both her 'coming of age' problems and her tribe's relentless removal from Western Colorado.
Susan G. Butruille, author of the Women's Voices series
Bogue is a master of piecing together pieces of lives -- hers and others', real and imaginary...into a cohesive whole.
Rita Cleary, author
Bogue readily exposes the prejudice, ignorance and intransigence of the U.S. Indian agents and their policies...alive with action.
Book Description
Young adult and older readers will warm to this story of the last days of the Ute Indians in the Land of the Shining Mountains, as told by Flying Horse Mollie, a Native American teenager. Mollie travels a rough road from childhood to adulthood, sharing her fears for her future, her disappointments in the adults who fail to protect her, and her sadness in the face of loss. But, with youthful optimism, she clings to hope. The true story of the Meeker Massacre and the expulsion of the Utes from Colorado.
Card catalog description
Follows the events of 1880 when U.S. Army troops expelled the Yampa Utes from Colorado to a Utah reservation. These events are viewed through the eyes of a teenage Indian girl who then tries to come to terms with the events and the effect on her life.
About the Author
Lucile Maxfield Bogue was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and raised in the Glenwood Springs, Colo., area. She published this book at the age of 90, having enjoyed a long career as a teacher, a writer and a mother. This is her 12th book. She has published fiction, non-fiction and poetry collections and won many awards. She is the founder of Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs. She now resides in the San Francisco Bay area.
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