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- Title
MICHAEL LACAPA: Portrait of the Artist as an American Indian.
- Authors
Bruchac, Joseph
- Abstract
This article portraits the life history of Michael Lacapa, famous writer of joke-books, who died recently in a car accident. Lacapa is claimed to be a versatile American Indian artist and is well known for his jokes, funny remarks, and humorous way of meeting people. According to the author, in some of his best stories, like the "foolish people" of traditional Apache tales whose ill-advised actions are both funny and instructive, Michael is the butt of his own jokes. Much of Lacapa's mission in life was to do what he could to counter that, to help shape a brighter future for the children. More often than not, his self-effacing humor was a deliberate attempt to avoid trying to seem too proud of his successes. Some of his famous books are: "Sounds From the Heart," "Antelope Woman," and the latest "Less Than Half, More Than Whole." Writing his books, telling his stories, was one of the ways Lacapa kept up that fight. Even though the language program was gone, the materials that had been put together still existed.
- Subjects
LACAPA, Michael; SOUNDS From the Heart (Book); ANTELOPE Woman: An Apache Folktale (Book); LESS Than Half, More Than Whole (Book); JESTBOOKS; ANECDOTES; WIT &; humor; POPULAR literature
- Publication
Multicultural Review, 2005, Vol 14, Issue 2, p120
- ISSN
1058-9236
- Publication type
Article