Mean Spirit

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Mean Spirit is a novel by Linda Hogan that explores the exploitation and resilience of an Osage community during the Oklahoma oil boom, and is considered a key work of the Native American Renaissance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Linda Hogan
awarded Oklahoma Book Award finalist
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Osage murders
featuresEthnicGroup Osage Nation
genre Native American literature
historical novel
hasAuthorEthnicity Linda Hogan
surface form: Chickasaw (Linda Hogan)
hasEthnicPerspective Native American
isNotableFor portrayal of Osage community during oil boom
status as key work of Native American Renaissance
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Native American Renaissance
mainSubject Oklahoma oil boom
Osage Nation
surface form: Osage people

cultural resilience
exploitation of Indigenous communities
narrativePerspective third-person narration
publicationYear 1990
publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers
surface form: Atheneum
settingLocation Oklahoma
settingTime 1920s
theme colonial violence
community resilience
environmental justice
greed and resource extraction
spirituality and tradition

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