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Digest #2531

"Native Moons, Native Days" by Carol Willette Bachofner , Abanaki p by "fslafountaine" fslafountaine

Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich 08/10/12 by "fslafountaine" fslafountaine

Drew Hayden Taylor, Writers captivate audience for word festival by "fslafountaine" fslafountaine

Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac 08/10/12 by "fslafountaine" fslafountaine

Dragon Castle by Joseph Bruchac 08/10/12 by "fslafountaine" fslafountaine

Wordcraft Circle Awards and NPR�fs Best Teen Books by "fslafountaine" fslafountaine

Turtle Island Storyteller Dennis Zotigh by "fslafountaine" fslafountaine

She Wants You To.... With Amberae Wood by "fslafountaine" fslafountaine

Good Wives Assailed by Robert J. Conley by "fslafountaine" fslafountaine

Indigenous Filmmakers - You Could Win a Trip to New Orleans by "fslafountaine" fslafountaine

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1 "Native Moons, Native Days" by Carol Willette Bachofner , Abanaki p

Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:45 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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2 Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich 08/10/12

Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:51 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"fslafountaine" fslafountaine

Louise Erdrich's prose is unique and evocative, using small details to
show large influences on characters and settings. In Shadow Tag there
are no quotation marks, and, after the initial disorientation, this
format seems to make everything more immediate. Without the marks as
guideposts, the reader is forced to pay closer attention to what is
being said. Though the story itself is almost too dark to be called
enjoyable, I nevertheless did enjoy Shadow Tag -- emotional roller
coaster or not.

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by.html> , so I thought it was about time I her fiction. Shadow Tag
tells the story of Irene and Gil's marriage, a complex affair weighed
down by mistrust, co-dependency, abuse, and deceit.

The novel opens with Irene America's discovery that her husband is
reading the diary she hides in her office, and she decides to use his
invasion of her privacy as an opportunity to manipulate him. She begins
to leave intentionally provoking asides in her diary entries in the
hopes that it will drive Gil mad with jealousy and regret. Meanwhile,
she starts a new diary to tell the truth about her life. Irene's
entries in these two different diaries are interspersed throughout the
third-person narration and serve as a framework for the cruel games in
which Irene and Gil are constantly engaging.

Not only are Gil and Irene bound together by their marriage and their
three children, but they are also linked by Gil's art. He is a painter
famous for his portrait series, all of which depict Irene. Their
relationship is therefore the foundation for his professional success,
and he both worships and resents this power she holds over him:
His paintings were hiding from him because Irene was hiding something.
He could see it in the opacity of her eyes, the insolence of her
flesh,the impatient weariness of her body when she let down her guard.
She'd ceased to love him. Her gaze was an airless void (9). Throughout
Shadow Tag, Irene and Gil run the gamut between a passionate, loving
couple and a complete emotional wreck. They even argue for fun:
They reverted to one of their endless arguments, first about the
noodles, then about kitsch. This was not fighting, but the sort of
argument that could go on for years and years, where each found bits of
evidence to prove their point and dropped it into the next go-round a
month, two or three months, on. They were back in old territory. They
argued sometimes for comfort (94). This volatile relationship is the
entire focus of the novel, and has its moments of suspense and shock. I
found the ending to be both shocking and fitting, and I remember turning
the last few blank pages in disbelief.

Erdrich's prose is unique and evocative, using small details to show
large influences on characters and settings. In Shadow Tag there are no
quotation marks, and, after the initial disorientation, this format
seems to make everything more immediate. Without the marks as
guideposts, the reader is forced to pay closer attention to what is
being said. Though the story itself is almost too dark to be called
enjoyable, I nevertheless did enjoy Shadow Tag -- emotional roller
coaster or not.

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fQ/s1600/2905. jpg> Louise Erdrich
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has written books for children, poetry, non-fiction, and thirteen
novels. Her newest novel, The Round House, will be published in
October. She lives in Minnesota and owns an independent bookstore,
Birchbark Books <http://birchbarkboo ks.com/> .

Shadow Tag © Louise Erdrich and HarperCollins, 2010. Hardcover, 242
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3 Drew Hayden Taylor, Writers captivate audience for word festival

Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:58 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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The event ended that evening with Performing Words, which was hosted by
Brigitte Gall. Drew Hayden Taylor of Curve Lake, located a little more
than an hour south of Minden, had the audience howling with laughter
from virtually his first sentence. Taylor, an Ojibwa author, humourist
and playwright is proud to have travelled the world telling native
stories and jokes, sharing a part of him through native humour.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012 12:08:41 EDT PM
[Canadian story teller Drew Hayden Taylor, who captivated the audience
with his quick wit and candor, explains English is a language that uses
the head. Taylor's visit was part of the reading Writing with Words at
the Minden Cultural Centre during The Highlands Sustainable Words
Festival on Monday, Aug. 6. DARREN LUM/MINDEN TIMES/QMI AGENCY]
Canadian story teller Drew Hayden Taylor, who captivated the audience
with his quick wit and candor, explains English is a language that uses
the head. Taylor's visit was part of the reading Writing with Words at
the Minden Cultural Centre during The Highlands Sustainable Words
Festival on Monday, Aug. 6. DARREN LUM/MINDEN TIMES/QMI AGENCY

Three very different people all with a passion for telling their stories
were showcased at the Writing with Words reading in Minden Aug. 6.
It featured Ava Homa, Dorris Heffron and Drew Hayden Taylor during The
Highlands Sustainable Words Festival, which was a daylong event
celebrating literature at the Minden Cultural Centre.
It included readings and opportunities to learn more about invited
authors. The event ended that evening with Performing Words, which was
hosted by Brigitte Gall.
Drew Hayden Taylor of Curve Lake, located a little more than an hour
south of Minden, had the audience howling with laughter from virtually
his first sentence.
Taylor, an Ojibwa author, humourist and playwright is proud to have
travelled the world telling native stories and jokes, sharing a part of
him through native humour.
"The thing you have to know about native humour is that it is
politically incorrect. It can be sexist. It can be a number of things
because it's survival humour. It's humour that has been filtered
through 500 years of colonialization, residential schools and reserves.
Stuff like that," he said. "So, at the same time it can be
healing, but it can also be biting. One of the interesting
characteristics of native humour is we love to make fun of ourselves as
an individual, as a nation or all nations. What do you call 32 Métis
in one room? One full blood."
A lot of the jokes, he said, can apply to other cultures.
"These two Indians walk out of a bar. Hey, it could happen," he
said. "I've had people walk up to me and say my grandfather
tells that joke and he's Irish. Or, my uncle tells that joke and
he's Polish. Any culture can use that joke and put in whatever
nationality you want."
Taylor is a prolific writer, having written for print, television, stage
and soon the movies. Taylor read from his novel Night Wanderer, which is
his attempt at the vampire genre, putting a native as its central
character and associated bloodlust, and his play Baby Blues based on an
aging pow wow performer, who doesn't know when to quit.
Both left the audience laughing and intrigued, hoping to hear more
despite the reading's ending.
Taylor said he is two weeks from beginning work on the movie version of
Berlin Blues, which centres on a German conglomerate that wants to build
an Ojibwa theme park in central Ontario. Dorris Heffron began writing in
England and started her career by writing to the teen audience when no
one else was doing it. Heffron is regarded as a pioneer in young adult
fiction.
The proud Canadian was honoured to be invited to Minden and said she
owes her new novel City Wolves to R.D. Lawrence. She regards his
writings as the most accurate for understanding wolves.
City Wolves is based on the first Canadian woman veterinarian, following
her from Halifax to Yukon at the start of the Gold Rush in 1896.
Heffron said her Alaskan malamute, Yukon Sally, was the inspiration for
her newest novel. With her dog, she was able to garner interviews for
her novel and credits her dog with valuable access.
Ava Homa, author of Echoes from the Other Land, led the readings and
gave insight about what life is like for Kurds in Iran and Turkey.
The Kurdish woman is the writer in residence and gave a reading earlier
in the year. She also led a writer's workshop the following day at
the R.D. Lawrence Place.

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4 Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac 08/10/12

Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:47 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"fslafountaine" fslafountaine

Boarding school takes away their beautiful Navajo clothes, their
symbolic long hair, their language, and even their names. Kii Yazhi
becomes Ned Begay. His school journey begins and ends with disrespectful
and mean teachers yet he survives and does well. He chooses to follow
the rules and gets sent on to secondary school.

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Kii Yazhi is six years old when he is taken from his mother, from his
land to go to boarding school governed by the United States. His uncle
drives him there in a wagon and gives him this advice:
Little Boy, he said, Sister's first son, listen to me. You are not
going to school for yourself. You are doing this for your family. To
learn the ways of the bilagaanaa, the white people, is a good thing.
Our Navajo language is sacred and beautiful. Yet all the laws of the
United States, those laws that we now have to live by, they are in
English. (8)Boarding school takes away their beautiful Navajo clothes,
their symbolic long hair, their language, and even their names. Kii
Yazhi becomes Ned Begay. His school journey begins and ends with
disrespectful and mean teachers yet he survives and does well. He
chooses to follow the rules and gets sent on to secondary school. He is
16 when war breaks out and he wants to enlist but waits until the next
year with his parent's permission. The U.S. Marines have a special use
for Navajo enlistees and he is able to be specially trained to send
codes using the exact language he had been beaten for using at boarding
school; a wonderful twist!

The story is told from Begay's memory as he shares with his
grandchildren. Ned's journey shares such an overlooked part of history;
one that I knew about but only on the barest surface. Bruchac inserts
such wisdom among the awful horrors of boarding school and the war.
You know, grandchildren, for a long time even after the war, it was hard
for me to have any good thoughts about the Japanese. What troubled me
the most was the way they treated the native people of the islands they
conquered. They believed only Japanese were real humans. Anyone else
could be treated like a dog. Never forget, grandchildren, that we must
always see all other people as human beings, worthy of respect. We must
never forget, as the Japanese forgot, that all life is holy. (148)This
is great historical non-fiction and I plan to use it this year with a
boy's book club. They will love the war element and I will love that
they are looking at it from a different angle.

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5 Dragon Castle by Joseph Bruchac 08/10/12

Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:53 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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by Joseph Bruchac, a man of heavy Croatian ties who brings this out
through his writings. I find this book to be a great, quick read for
anyone wanting a sort of fairytale that is more than just a
children¡¯s book. It is a great storyline, and I loved the
integration of the past and present stories. Dragon Castle has a lot of
action, but some points i found myself bored with the long descriptions
of places and people."

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Dragon Castle is written by Joseph Bruchac, a man of heavy Croatian ties
who brings this out through his writings. I find this book to be a
great, quick read for anyone wanting a sort of fairytale that is more
than just a children¡¯s book. It is a great storyline, and I loved
the integration of the past and present stories. Dragon Castle has a lot
of action, but some points i found myself bored with the long
descriptions of places and people. I feel like there was so much detail
that it was hard to focus on the basic storyline, but it added so much
for my mental setting-building (if you know what I¡¯m talking about).
There was nice realistic bases, but also a fairytale style of classical
mythology. There are Dragons, sorcerer¡¯s, magic, faries, and mental
telepathical wolves (that one was a bit far out for me haha). It¡¯s a
tale of a young Prince Rashko who lives in a castle where he seems to be
the only one who¡¯s thinking! One day in his family¡¯s isolated
castle, Rashko¡¯s parents mysteriously disappear. He later finds out
they went to visit the land of the Faeries (Faries, however you want to
spell it) and the evil baron Temny stations his troops inside the castle
on ¡®friendly business¡¯. But this ¡®friendliness¡¯ leads to
Rashko¡¯s discovery that his castle has more to meet the eye. He will
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and use his sword-fighting skills to try to stop Temny and find his
parents.

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6 Wordcraft Circle Awards and NPR�fs Best Teen Books

Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:02 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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7 Turtle Island Storyteller Dennis Zotigh

Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:31 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"fslafountaine" fslafountaine

Dennis W. Zotigh is a Kiowa, San Juan Pueblo and Santee Dakota Indian
and resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is a member of the Kiowa
Gourd Clan and San Juan Pueblo Winter Clan, and a descendent of Sitting
Bear and No Retreat, both principal war chiefs of the Kiowa.

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Greetings! My name is Dennis Zotigh. I belong to the Kiowa, Santee
Dakota and San Juan Pueblo tribes. I am an American Indian Research
Historian for the Oklahoma Historical Society. I am also a consultant
and lecturer. I've been involved in projects with the National
Public Radio, National Geographic Magazine, ABC and NBC Television, the
British Museum and Nash Museum (National Museum of the American
Indians).

I'd like to give some examples of some of the stories that I tell in
my presentations. I was the director of the Great American Indian Dance
Company for over twenty year and we made presentations all over the
world. The first example I would like to give of something that I would
share with young people possibly K through grade 5, and this is a
traditional story. I'm not going to give the stories in their
entirety, but I'll just give short excerpts.

This story comes from the Kiowa tribe and it involves their hero. His
name is Sayn Day, and he was known as the very first man. Before you
begin any Sayn Day story, you have to begin by saying, "Sayn Day on
hail," which means `Sayn Day was coming along'.

Well let's begin our story. Sayn Day on hail. One day Sayn Day was
coming along and he was looking for food because he was very hungry.
"Oh, if I don't find some food very soon I'll surely perish
out here in the wilderness." So he sat on a log and he began to feel
sorry for himself. When all of a sudden appeared something in the
distance. "What's that?" said Sayn Day. "It sounds like
music. Wherever there's music, there's food." That's the
example for young people.

I have an example of stories that I would tell age appropriately to high
school
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about Indian people today who have to learn to live in two worlds. This
story is about a little Indian boy on his very first day of school.

This little Indian boy walked into class and he didn't know all the
other kids. So he looked around and he sat right in the front row and
his teacher walked up to him and said, "Young man, can you tell me a
little bit about yourself?" The shy little Indian boy looked down
and he began to talk about himself.The teacher got very angry and
stopped and said, "Young man, you're not paying attention to me!
Now will you please start
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The little Indian boy began to talk again. As he began to talk his eyes
went to the ground and his teacher stopped him and said, "Young man,
I can see how you're going to be a discipline problem from now on.
Now I want you to get up out of your seat and go stand in the corner
until you can learn to show me some respect by looking at me in the
eye."

The little Indian boy got up out of his seat and he looked around, and
all the other kids were laughing and pointing at him. He turned around
very slowly and walked to the corner. When he got to the corner of the
room big tears came down his eyes because he didn't know what he was
doing wrong.

That's an excerpt from the beginning of another story for high
school appropriate age. Now here is part of a lecture series about the
pow wow, which is a movement which takes place all over the United
States, Canada and many parts of the world. This will be part of a
lecture I would be giving about the pow wow.

Pow wow is a Narragansett word for the Algonquin language meaning
`he dreams'. It was originally an Indian medicine man or priest
who learned his art form `Pa-ua' from his dreams. Pa-ua was
formerly referred to in Plains Indian treaty documents in the 1870s. As
American expansion moved west powwow became a term used to describe any
type of Indian gathering, ceremony or meeting. Eventually Indians
learned the English language and accepted this definition used to
describe their gatherings. This application has been functional up to
the present-day pow wows we have today.

The Pa-ua may have originally had religious significance, but
today's pow wow does not present itself as a religious event.
However, isolated songs, activities and articles worn by the dancers had
actual spiritual significance. Modern pow wows are social events that
are generally open to the public.

That's the beginning of a lecture I would be giving. These are
examples of what I would be able to offer, and hopefully I will be able
to visit many of you in the near future. Thank you very much. Aho!

Dennis W. Zotigh
American Indian Research Historian
Oklahoma Historical Society and Oklahoma Museum of History

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Dennis W. Zotigh is a Kiowa, San Juan Pueblo and Santee Dakota Indian
and resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is a member of the Kiowa
Gourd Clan and San Juan Pueblo Winter Clan, and a descendent of Sitting
Bear and No Retreat, both principal war chiefs of the Kiowa.

Zotigh began singing and dancing at native celebrations at a very young
age. He grew up learning traditional values and has extended his
capabilities as a cultural promoter by learning songs, dances and their
significance from indigenous nations across North America. With his
wealth of knowledge, he has lectured at universities, museums,
educational conferences and symposiums both domestically and
internationally on topics concerning American Indian culture. He is
currently on the national speaking roster of The American Program
Bureau.

He was the former director of the internationally known dance company,
The Great American Indian Dancers. As a performer and lecturer, Zotigh
has toured 49 states and 21 foreign countries. On March 4, 1999, under
his direction, The Great American Indian Dancers were selected to
perform for President Clinton at the 150th Anniversary of the Department
of Interior in Washington, D.C. As both an Indian dancer and singer, he
has competed and won numerous awards for his talents. He currently sings
with the former world champion Indian singing group "The Zotigh
Singers." This popular singing group has hosted the singing for
major powwows coast to coast. The Zotigh Singers have produced four CDs
under the Indian House and Sweet Grass recording labels.

In 1990, he and his father revived a historical art form by founding the
"World's Championship Hoop Dance Contest," held annually at
the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. He has been Master of Ceremonies
for three consecutive years at the "Miss Indian World
Competition, " at the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, New Mexico
in addition to serving various roles in numerous other Native American
pageants and art events.

In 1991, he was commissioned to write a text encompassing American
Indian dance titled, "MOVING HISTORY: The Evolution of the
Powwow." It is permanently housed and distributed by Oklahoma
City's Red Earth Center. This important piece of history has led to
projects with: The National Geographic Magazine, ABC and NBC Television,
National Public Radio, The National Museum of the American Indian, The
British Museum and numerous publications.

He is also very active in his community and has served as:
Vice-President of the University of Oklahoma Indian Alumni Committee; a
member of the Oklahoma City Mayor's Indian Commission; The
Mid-America Arts Alliance Multicultural Advisory Board, in Kansas City,
Missouri; The Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission's Culture Arts
Promotion Society; The Oklahoma City Indian Chamber of Commerce, The
State Capitol Native American Celebration Committee; and an active
executive board member of American Indian Broadcasting Inc., Oklahoma
Folklife Council and cultural advisor for The Smithsonian National
Museum of the American Indian. In addition he has worked with the
Oklahoma Children's Theater to teach theater techniques using Native
American themes.

Zotigh truly seeks to preserve the past, to broaden how Native Americans
are viewed in the present and to create new opportunities for Indian
youth in the future.

Dennis Zotigh
PO Box 12291
Oklahoma City, OK 73157
405-759-2819
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8 She Wants You To.... With Amberae Wood

Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:42 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"fslafountaine" fslafountaine

Amberae Wood is an Oji-Cree woman from Garden Hill First Nation, a
remote community located in northeastern Manitoba. Growing up with
political oriented parents Amberae was always cognizant of First Nations
issues and the importance of community.

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She Wants You To.... With Amberae Wood
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Amberae Wood is an Oji-Cree woman from Garden Hill First Nation, a
remote community located in northeastern Manitoba. Growing up with
political oriented parents Amberae was always cognizant of First Nations
issues and the importance of community. "I'll never forget my
father explaining to me at a young age the reason why I must always give
back to my community" Since then her efforts have been to work with
youth in their respective communities. She has a love and passion for
her people that is undeniably contagious.

Media has always been apart of her life. At the age of 12, her first
experience as a host was working on a documentary film for Canada Health
that was distributed to schools
<http://nativemenmag .net16.net/ amberea.html#> across Canada. "That
is when my mind opened up to the concept of reaching a wide audience
through different mediums to carrying a positive message."

Amberae worked in various aspect of producing and an on two
thirteen-part series, which were, aired nationally on APTN and CBC. She
worked on the program "Cool Jobs" which she hosted at the age of
15 along with four other co-hosts and also took part behind the scenes
on its second season as producers assistant. "It was such an amazing
project to be apart of at a young age, we had tons of fun and I learned
so much from everyone" Amberae got to interview Aboriginal
professionals, entrepreneurs
<http://nativemenmag .net16.net/ amberea.html#> , performers, and
political leaders.

She has worked in a television series called "Next! A series for
Aboriginal Youth" as host she had to experience the subject of the
show. She travels across Canada during this project and experience and
met youth from coast to coast to coast. "I hold my experiences from
this project dear to me because I overcame a lot of my own fears. I
wasn't on the sidelines, I had to jump right in there and get my
hands dirty!" Amberae did things from stand up comedy, to

"I can thank coffee for getting me through the worst of times!"
- Amberae Wood

interviewing national leaders, to snowboarding, to panhandling.
"Jumping was the hardest part, I never knew I could actually do this
these things until I tried, the only thing stopping me was fear, so
never limit yourself!!"

Amberae has always taken every opportunity that has presented itself to
her. Being apart of pageants, working on sets, doing commercials, and
speaking engagements. Doing these things she feels it will develop her
skills" I'm at a constant battle with my self-doubt, and as a
young girl I was very shy. Overcoming and self-growth is a continual
quality that is important for me to keep in check.

Amberae holds in high regard professionalism and progressive business
relationships. "Its important to always work with people who share
the same vision and passion as you, because I never want to be apart of
a project unless there's a meaning and purpose that's bigger
than I am."

Amberae Wood Q&A

"There is nothing more intimate and beautiful than when a Native man
is humming a melody to himself." - Amberae Wood

Native Men's: Would you like coffee or tea?
Wood: As a busy, working, full time Mother of two I need a strong cup of
coffee to jump start my day. I can thank coffee for getting me through
the worst of times!

Native Men's: Are you a rez girl or urban girl?
Wood: The rez girl in me loves the land--as a child I spent my summers
on the trapline up north. The urban girl in me loves the fast paced
life. I guess you could call me an urban rez girl.

Native Men's: Tell us a joke.
Wood: I'm horrible at remembering jokes! My humor is way off so
please…have pity! What do you call two turtles making love? A slow
poke. See! I know no one is laughing!

Native Men's: Do you like a firm handshake from your Native Man?
Wood: A firm handshake and eye contact shows confidence in yourself and
engages the person you are meeting. Especially if it's a first
encounter I feel that its so important to present a great first
impression.

Native Men's: How do you like your Native Man? Clean or Dirty?
Wood: Hygiene is very important :) There is always a balance that needs
to take place, being able to let loose and have fun is important as well

Native Men's: What Native Melody puts a smile on your face?
Wood: There is nothing more intimate and beautiful than when a Native
man is humming a melody to himself.

Native Men's: Hand Drum or Water Drum?
Wood: The hand drum has many teachings that I respect, and I love all
the songs that have been inspired by it.

Native Men's: If there were one positive advice you would give to
our Native Men. What would it be?
Wood: Women are the carriers of life and deserve the respect of carrying
us through the generations. Men are an integral part of our growth and
maturity and there should always be a level of respect from both
genders. Treat woman how you would expect your own daughter to be
treated.

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9 Good Wives Assailed by Robert J. Conley

Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:50 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"fslafountaine" fslafountaine

Robert J. Conley (born 1940) is a Cherokee
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Cherokee> author and enrolled member of
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ United_Keetoowah _Band_of_ Cherokee_ Indians>
, a federally recognized tribe
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Federally_ recognized_ tribe> of American
Indians.[1]
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Robert_J. _Conley#cite_ note-hanks- 0> In
2007, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native
Writers' Circle of the Americas
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Native_Writers% 27_Circle_ of_the_Americas>
.[2] <http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Robert_J. _Conley#cite_ note-1> Conley
was born in Cushing, Oklahoma
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Cushing,_ Oklahoma> [1]
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Robert_J. _Conley#cite_ note-hanks- 0> and
currently lives in Muskogee, Oklahoma
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Muskogee, _Oklahoma> . He is noted for
depictions of precontact and historical Cherokee figures. He is known
for a series of books called the Real People Series. The sixth of the
series, The Dark Island (1996) won the Spur Award
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Spur_Award> for best Western novel in
1995. He has also won two other Spur Awards, in 1988 for the short story
"Yellow Bird", and in 1992 for the novel Nickajack.

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In this Old West retelling of Shakespeare' s Merry Wives of Windsor, Fat
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yet—to make the wives of the richest ranchers in the area think
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10 Indigenous Filmmakers - You Could Win a Trip to New Orleans

Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:40 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"fslafountaine" fslafountaine

First Peoples Worldwide and the Social Change
<http://www.nativene wsnetwork. com/indigenous- filmmakers- you-could- win-a-\
trip-to-new- orleans.html#> Film Festival & Institute are seeking films
by Indigenous filmmakers for the second annual Social Change Film
Festival & Institute, November 28 to December 2, in New Orleans,
Louisiana.

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Indigenous Filmmakers - You Could Win a Trip to New Orleans
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment.

posted August 10, 2012 9:40 am edt

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FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA – First Peoples Worldwide and the Social
Change
<http://www.nativene wsnetwork. com/indigenous- filmmakers- you-could- win-a-\
trip-to-new- orleans.html#> Film Festival & Institute are seeking films
by Indigenous filmmakers for the second annual Social Change Film
Festival & Institute, November 28 to December 2, in New Orleans,
Louisiana.

[Social Change Film Festival & Institute]

First Peoples Worldwide will moderate a panel on the importance of film
for Indigenous communities.

Films must be created by an Indigenous filmmaker
<http://www.nativene wsnetwork. com/indigenous- filmmakers- you-could- win-a-\
trip-to-new- orleans.html#> (s) and have a strong social message. Anyone
who is Indigenous or who has worked on a film where one or more of the
key creative roles were held by an Indigenous person is eligible. A key
creative role includes: producer, director, writer, or editor.

First Peoples Worldwide celebrates the independent spirit of excellent
filmmaking
<http://www.nativene wsnetwork. com/indigenous- filmmakers- you-could- win-a-\
trip-to-new- orleans.html#> and creative storytelling. The organization
is looking for films that generate dialogue, spark policy change, and/or
activate communities around key social issues of our times. Selected
films will represent a diversity of perspectives from all over the
world. Social Change Film Festival & Institute seeks to promote the
ability of film to inspire action. We favor films that offer solutions
and/or drive community activism on an issue.

[Social Change Film Festival & Institute]

The film should be of high production value in sound and picture, and
demonstrate elegant and compelling editing skills. The submission fee
will be waived by Social Change Film Festival & Institute. The film must
have been completed no earlier than January 1, 2008. Films must be made
available with the original language soundtrack and English subtitles.
All films must be submitted on DVD format. All entries, as well as
accompanying materials, will not be returned and will become part of the
non-distributable archives of Social Change Film Festival & Institute.

The individual selected for the Best Indigenous Filmmaker award will be
flown to New Orleans to accept the award! Entries that are not selected
for Best Indigenous Filmmaker award may be selected for honorary
mention, and will be shown at the festival.

First Peoples Worldwide is currently accepting submissions. If you have
questions, please contact Neva Morrison at nmorrison@firstpeop les.org.
First Peoples Worldwide
c/o Neva Morrison
857 Leeland Road
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22405

Deadline for submitting a film is September 30th.

posted August 10, 2012 9:40 am edt

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