Between Two Fires is a creative take on the crimes against American Indians in Indian Territory during the allotment era. The exploits of Sam Davis and Zitkala are a compilation of real people and actual events that took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Native American storyteller and historian, J.D. Colbert does an excellent job of blending the Muscogee culture and language into his book which provides a warm sense of Mvskoke kinship, even in times of conflict. We see the atrocities Sam Davis caused his Creek people unfold in front of him, as a result of his ambition to succeed in the colonized (white mans) world. If you are not familiar with the murders, assaults, land and mineral theft of the Mvskoke people during the early 1900’s, Between Two Fires is a great introduction. Might I mention, within all the conflict…there is a love story😊
Indeed a pleasure to read!

(Bonus-Sam Davis recites many poems by the great Muscogee Creek poet, Alexander Posey.)