Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey

Highwater collected stories of Anpao from many different Native American tribes and edited them into a flowing narrative. It's a fun and fascinating read, with all of the qualities of a good myth story. Recommended.

This book is about a brave young man named Anpao, which means the dawn,who wants to win the love of a woman. Her name is Ko-Ko-mik-e-is and she is the prettiest girl in the whole village. Every man wants her as his wife, but she told them all no.Anpao fell in love with her and asked to marry her and she said yes. Only problem was she belonged to the Sun god and he would have to find where the Sun lived and ask his permission before she would marry him. So he goes on a long journey and hopes to return and take her as his wife.

I absolutely loved this book! Not only was it a great story but you learn a lot about the Indian culture as well.

In the classroom I would use this as a book that we all read together as a class. It has a great story show more to it and lots of truth behind the Indian culture. show less

They do not write better books for young adults than this one. With six kids of my own, I have been exposed to many good titles but this is one that both kids and adults can appreciate together. Read it aloud with someone you love, no matter how old they are.

Native American myths collected and told in a novel format. Plains and Southwest Indians.