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Thu Aug 9, 2012 6:15 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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Local fans have even more reason for anticipation. Erdrich will deliver
this year's Barbara Ballinger Lecture Oct. 23 at Unity Temple. This
free lecture, hosted by the Friends of the Oak Park Public Library,
honors Ballinger's 25-year term as the library's director.

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Louise Erdrich to appear in Oak Park this fall
By Shelley Harris Contributor August 8, 2012 2:34PM
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The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

Updated: August 9, 2012 5:29AM

Fans of Louise Erdrich are eagerly awaiting her newest book, The Round
House, due out this fall.

Local fans have even more reason for anticipation. Erdrich will deliver
this year's Barbara Ballinger Lecture Oct. 23 at Unity Temple. This
free lecture, hosted by the Friends of the Oak Park Public Library,
honors Ballinger's 25-year term as the library's director.

Now would be a good time to try out or, read more of, Erdrich's
work. She's written 13 novels as well as volumes of poetry, short
stories, children's books and a memoir of early motherhood. You have
nothing to lose — titles may be borrowed from the library in print,
audio or ebook format.

Much of Erdirch's writing draws from the Ojibwe tribe she is part
of, which leads to authentic and beautiful levels of detail. Her novel
Love Medicine won the National Book Critics Circle Award. The Last
Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse was a finalist for the
National Book Award. Most recently, The Plague of Doves won the
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Set in North Dakota, The Plague of Doves follows several generations of
small-town white residents and Ojibwe living on a nearby reservation
whose lives are affected by an unsolved murder. It's the first in a
planned trilogy to continue with The Round House. Join us Oct. 17 at the
library for a discussion of The Plague of Doves.

Younger readers will find Erdrich's Birchbark series appealing. The
series, beginning with The Birchbark House and continuing with the
upcoming Chickadee, follows young Omakayas and her family through life
in the mid-1800s. Erdrich's language is lyrical and Ojibwe words are
seamlessly woven into context, bringing Omakayas's world alive.
Adventures such as run-ins with a bear family are mixed with the
consequences of smallpox and are further balanced with the antics of a
little brother and a pet crow. This is a part of history that often gets
glossed over or ignored and Erdrich has done a wonderful job of creating
stories that will make kids want to know more.

The Birchbark books can be enjoyed by independent readers fourth grade
and up and, as a caregiver read-aloud, for second grade and up. In some
ways, these books can be seen as a companion to Laura Ingalls
Wilder's Little House books — similar time frames, locations and
amounts of daily life description. Kids will recognize the universality
of an obnoxious younger brother (who's not always bad) and a
beautiful big sister (who is sometimes a partner in crime).

Check out one or more of Erdrich's works soon. It will make the
evening of Oct. 23 that much richer.

Shelley Harris is a librarian in Children's Services at the Oak Park
Public Library.

Thu Aug 9, 2012 6:43 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"fslafountaine" fslafountaine

* Indigenous Action <http://www.indigeno usaction. org/> is
coordinated by documentary filmmaker and consultant Klee Benally
(Diné) and focuses on burning issues, especially in the southwestern
United States. Native American Public Telecommunications
<http://www.nativete lecom.org/> specializes in audio and visual media,
including streaming radio and videos by Native filmmakers.

http://lltclibrary. blogspot. com/ <http://lltclibrary. blogspot. com/>
Thursday, August 09, 2012 International Day of the World's Indigenous
Peoples
<http://lltclibrary. blogspot. com/2012/ 08/international -day-of-worlds- ind\
igenous.html> Noongom (today), August 9, marks the United Nations'
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
<http://www.un. org/en/events/ indigenousday/> . The 2012 theme is
"Indigenous Media, Empowering Indigenous Voices."

Some Indigenous media you should know about:

* Locally, Leech Lake has its own newspaper with the DeBahJiMon
<http://www.llojibwe .org/news/ news.html> and its own radio station (our
neighbors across the road) KOJB <http://www.kojb. org/> , which streams
online.
* Indian Country Today <http://indiancountr ytodaymedianetwo rk.com/>
has branched out beyond its weekly newspaper into a full-fledged media
network.
* Indigenous Action <http://www.indigeno usaction. org/> is
coordinated by documentary filmmaker and consultant Klee Benally
(Diné) and focuses on burning issues, especially in the southwestern
United States.
* Native American Public Telecommunications
<http://www.nativete lecom.org/> specializes in audio and visual media,
including streaming radio and videos by Native filmmakers.
* Native Public Media <http://www.nativepu blicmedia. org/> produces
radio audio and digital journalism features that highlight issues and
stories in Indian Country.
* "Connecting Native American voices" is the purpose of Native News
Network <http://www.nativene wsnetwork. com/> .
* Aboriginal Canada Portal: Media and Multimedia
<http://www.aborigin alcanada. gc.ca/acp/ site.nsf/ eng/ao26714. html> can
point information consumers in the direction of the best sources of
information by, for, and about First Nations.
* Looking for authentic indigenous web tv from around the world?
Isuma <http://www.isuma. tv/> is a wealth
<http://lltclibrary. blogspot. com/#> of short films, documentaries, and
more.
* The World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network
<http://www.witbn. org/> showcases Indigenous television from around the
world.
This is just scratching the surface of what's happening in Indigenous
media (and that's without leaving Turtle Island to see what's happening
in other parts of the world). If you have any favorite Indigenous media
sites that you think we and our readers should know about, please share
them in the comments below.

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are moderated, so your comment will not appear immediately after
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Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:54 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"fslafountaine" fslafountaine


An Anishinaabe <http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Anishinaabe> from the
Grassy Narrows First Nation
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Grassy_Narrows_ First_Nation> north of
Kenora <http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Kenora> , Ontario
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Ontario> ,[3]
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Waawaate_ Fobister# cite_note- 2> Waawaate
Fobister identifies as gay <http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Gay> or
two-spirited <http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Two-spirited> .[4]
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Waawaate_ Fobister# cite_note- xtra-3>
Agokwe, the title of his debut play, means "two-spirited" in the
Anishinaabe language <http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Anishinaabe_ language>
.[4] <http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Waawaate_ Fobister# cite_note- xtra-3>
Waawaate Fobister is a Canadian <http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Canada>
playwright and actor, whose debut work Agokwe won six Dora Mavor Moore
Awards <http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Dora_Mavor_ Moore_Award> in
2009.[1] <http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Waawaate_ Fobister# cite_note- 0>
The play, which premiered at Toronto
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Toronto> 's Buddies in Bad Times
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Buddies_in_ Bad_Times> theatre in 2008, is
a gay <http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Gay> -themed play which explores the
burgeoning attraction between two aboriginal
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Aboriginal_ peoples_in_ Canada> teenagers,
one a traditional Ojibwe dancer and the other a hockey
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Ice_hockey> player.[2]
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Waawaate_ Fobister# cite_note- 1> Fobister
played all of characters in the Buddies production, including both
teenagers.

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Waawaate Fobister Native trailblazer heats up fest with personal story
about escaping the legacy of the residential school system By Glenn Sumi
MEDICINE BOY by Waawaate Fobister, directed by Tara Beagan, with PJ
Prudat, Garret C. Smith and Jonathan Fisher. Presented by Anishnaabe
Theatre Performance and SummerWorks at the Scotiabank Studio Theatre (6
Noble). August 9 and 12 at 7:30 pm, August 11 and 17 at 5 pm, August 16
at 10 pm, August 18 at noon. summerworks. ca <http://summerworks. ca/> .
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Waawaate Fobister is looking forward to clearing up the bad blood
between him and SummerWorks.

Three years ago, the festival's jokey promo videos included one
about how to win artistic grants.

"It basically implied that in order to get a grant you had to be gay
and native," says Fobister, who just happens to be gay – or
two-spirited – and native.

At the time, he was basking in the Dora Award-winning success of his
first play, Agokwe, about a young two-spirited man's coming of age
on the reserve. The Dora sweep, which included statues for his script
and performance, got some theatre industry tongues wagging, so the
humour did seem aimed at the play.

"I was angry," says Fobister, in his extraordinarily quiet and
shy way – he barely looks at me when talking. "I called
[artistic producer] Michael Rubenfeld a racist, and he asked, `How
am I a racist?' But he later apologized."

So this year, when Fobister and Native Earth artistic director Tara
Beagan were considering applying to the festival, he didn't
hesitate.

"`Fine,'" he recalls. "`Let's work together. Bury the
hatchet.'"

That's a fitting symbol, because his new play, Medicine Boy, is all
about healing. In particular, healing the cycle of abuse, addiction and
self-destruction wrought by Canada's native residential school
system.

Fobister's parents and grandparents went through the system, and he
says the intergenerational trauma continues.

"I carry it. Many people carry it," says Fobister, who grew up
Anishinaabe on the Grassy Narrows First Nations reserve near Kenora,
Ontario. "My parents went to residential schools, they all became
alcoholics, and the people who were abused start abusing. That garbage
just carries on."

Subtly interwoven into Medicine Man's script are many ironies, like
the fact that the land where the residential schools once stood is now
home to casinos and offices where child services departments often take
children away from families.

The play, more ambitious in structure than Agokwe, features a
pot-smoking aboriginal teen named Mukukee who continually relives one
scene. Eventually, through the machinations of Daebaujimod, the
trickster-like Medicine Man, the ghosts of Mukukee's ancestors
appear to him, and there's hope that by acknowledging the past he
can break the cycle.

Fobister began smoking weed and dropping acid at 11, and admits that
quitting drugs at 19 was part of his attempt to stop the cycle.

"My parents would have full-blown parties when I was a kid, and
there was lots of crazy stuff happening," he says without a trace of
self-pity. "Rez life is rough. It's the ghetto, basically."

He admits that through it all, though, his parents pushed him to get up
in the morning, go to school and become the first person in their family
to finish high school. When they took him to Toronto, he remembers being
fascinated by the city and vowing to move here.

Throughout our talk, it takes me a while to adjust to Fobister's
presence. His delicate features and quiet, high-pitched voice that, he
tells me, is frequently assumed to be female by telemarketers, make him
seem recessive, not quite a creature of the stage. Then he'll flash
me a mischievous look and I glimpse the steely, fearless Nanabush
character from Agokwe.

Perhaps that's his two-spirited nature – a mix of feminine and
masculine – coming through.

"I started out as a dancer," he says. "I was always shy, and
I didn't feel like I would be an actor, even though I wanted
that."

When Agokwe toured the country in 2010, however, he was forced to
confront his fear of performing.

"I think the pressure got to me," he says. "The Doras had
happened, I was going on my first tour, it was Vancouver, the first
city, and the run was already almost sold out. I saw my face in subways.
Outside theatres there were huge lines of people trying to buy tickets,
and many couldn't get in…."

Three-quarters of the way through the final preview, he started
hyperventilating, sweating – "It's a bad joke, but I felt
like Whitney Houston" – and collapsed onstage before being taken
to hospital.

It wasn't until the run's third night that he took action. At
his 15-minute call, he sang a traditional song in his dressing room,
calling forth a protective bear spirit to come down and love him.

"I kept singing the song over and over, until something came over
me. I don't know what it was. It was very spiritual. I was asking
the ancestors to come down, protect me and live through me so I could
tell my stories.

"When the stage manager knocked, I was sobbing, but when I got up,
my feet felt like they had roots. The rest of the run was fine. I felt
planted."

Each time he performs, he invokes the spirits of his ancestors. And in
person Fobister seems genuinely happy. After he tells me he's
engaged to Soulpepper Academy actor and dancer Justin Many Fingers, he
tries, unsuccessfully, to dig his ring out of his knapsack to show me.

This fall, he and his fiancé are scheduled to dance together in a
piece by Mexican choreographer Carlos Rivera at Harbourfront. And
Fobister's working on his own full-length dance piece, about how
mercury poisoning in lakes – caused by paper mills – has
affected native people. It's a subject that crops up in Medicine
Man.

"Our people were denied doctors," he says bluntly, "so we
had to use our own money to bring doctors from Japan to visit us on the
reserve. The Japanese had experiences of their own with mercury
poisoning."

After the acclaim that greeted Agokwe, is Fobister at all nervous about
the dreaded sophomore curse?

"Not really," he says. "I don't care about what the
outside has to say. I'm confident in the story and I'm happy
with where it's going."

This doesn't seem like bravado. The play's been in development
for years, and he frankly tells me an earlier version was "a piece
of shit. The seeds of something were there, but it wasn't ready to
show anyone."

He didn't read Agokwe's reviews until a couple of years after
the first performances.

"I didn't want anything to play with my head. My focus has
always been on telling the story and sharing it. However people want to
receive it is how they receive it."

One performance of his first play that hit home, however, was for an
all-native crowd in Kenora.

"It was scary," he says. "There were boys who were like the
bullies I knew in high school who had their feet up on the stage, with
an attitude that said, `Entertain me.'"

Fobister didn't ask them to put their feet down, but when he slipped
into his fast-talking, charismatic Nanabush character, they were visibly
impressed and removed their feet on their own.

"I was terrified," says Fobister. "But I knew I had to go
big or go home."
Interview Clips
Fobister on not being prepared for Agokwe's success:

On the evolution of Agokwe at Buddies' Young Creators Unit and
working with director Ed Roy:

On interviewing Medicine people for Medicine Boy:

On going back home to the Grassy Narrows reserve:

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"fslafountaine" fslafountaine


Professor Lisa Brooks, Abenaki: This is a fundraising dinner featuring a
meal of traditional foods provided by Mashpee Wampanoag caterer Sly
Fox's Den (they make delicious food as anyone who has attended the
Powwow at the Cliffs can tell you), with a special presentation by
Professor Lisa Brooks, Abenaki, of Amherst College, who will speak on
her book, "The Common Pot: Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast".

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Is next week The Fair? Is that really happening so soon? How do the
summer months pass so quickly? July and August seem shorter than all of
February. This seems grossly unfair as July and August have February
beat in the weather and goings on department.

There is much going on at our two busiest places in town, the Aquinnah
Cultural Center and the Aquinnah Public Library. First the Center
events:

On Friday, August and Saturday, August 10 and 11, you can stop by the
Center for a tour of the Vanderhoop homestead from 11 am to 4 pm. Then
on Saturday evening at 5 pm the Annual Feast and Fundraising Dinner will
be held. This is a fundraising dinner featuring a meal of traditional
foods provided by Mashpee Wampanoag caterer Sly Fox's Den (they make
delicious food as anyone who has attended the Powwow at the Cliffs can
tell you), with a special presentation by Professor Lisa Brooks,
Abenaki, of Amherst College, who will speak on her book, "The Common
Pot: Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast".

The week of August 12–18 begins a full week of activities and events
in celebration of the Aquinnah Tribe's 25 years of Federal Recognition.
On Monday, August 13, at "Corn Husk Dolls and Action Figures." from 11
am to 4 pm, Janette Vanderhoop will speak about traditional gardening,
corn, and the harvest, while teaching visitors to make their own corn
husk figure. There will be a $10 crafting fee.

On Tuesday, August 14, there will be a Native New England Literary
Traditions and Book Signing from 1 to 3 pm.

Meet four Native American authors, Joan Avant and Robert Peters from the
Mashpee Wampanoag, Larry Mann from the Nipmuck, and Lisa Brooks from the
Abenaki, who will offer signed copies of their books.

Then at 4 pm there is the New England Native Authors Symposium. Come and
hear native authors from three New England native nations discuss the
reasons for writing their books as a way to preserve and present native
history, as well as the long-standing literary traditions of New England
tribes. There is a $7 suggested donation at the door.

Lastly on Wednesday, August 15, "UNITY and National Native Youth
Leadership" at 5 pm. Amira Madison, Aquinnah Wampanoag, and Brian
Weeden, Mashpee Wampanoag, will speak on UNITY, the national native
youth leadership organization in which they both hold office. They will
discuss the purpose and goals of the organization, its national scope
and depth, and their respective roles in it. There is a suggested $7
donation at the door.

Please call 508-645-7900 or email aquinnahcc@gmail. com for information
about any of these events.

And if that wasn't enough, the Library has a full roster of events this
week as well. Starting with Nancy Caldwell's talk on "A Space for
Dialogue and Diversity in Paris" tonight at 5 pm.

Next Tuesday author, Nichole Bernier will speak on her novel, "The
Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D." and next Thursday, August 16, Peter
Benson Miller will speak on the British painter, Stanley William Hayter.

If in this election year you just can't get enough politics, the two
Democratic candidates for the 9th Congressional seat will speak on
Saturday, August 11, from 9 to 10:30 am at the Howes House in West
Tisbury, across the road from Alley's General Store. The primary
election is on Thursday, September 6, so this will be the only time
Vineyard residents will have a chance to hear from and talk with our
current Congressman, Bill Keating, and his challenger, Bristol County
District Attorney, Sam Sutter. Both men will talk about their
accomplishments and their priorities for Congress in the next two years.
The event is open to the public, and all interested Vineyard residents
and visitors are invited to attend.

Hospice of Martha's Vineyard is hosting its Summer Soirée on Tuesday,
August 14, at Farm Neck. There will be an auction which will feature
lots of fishing gear that may be of interest to all of our Aquinnah
fishermen and women. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
the Hospice of Martha's Vineyard website at hospiceofmv. org
<http://www.hospiceo fmv.org/> or call 508-693-0189.

The Cast of "The Wire," aka the best TV show ever, will be featured at
an evening reception on Wednesday, August 15, from 6:30 to 8 pm at the
home of Judy and Ron Davenport in Oak Bluffs. The event is a benefit for
President Obama's Victory Fund. For more information, contact
rfleury@barackobama .com or info@mvdems. org. I love "The Wire" and I'm
disappointed I cannot go, so I want someone I know to go and tell me all
about it.

Save the dates! Lexie and Arlen Roth will be performing at Featherstone
on August 20 and at the Grange on August 21, details to follow in a
later column.

Happy Birthday to Kate Taylor who will celebrate her birthday on August
15.

Thu Aug 9, 2012 12:27 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"fslafountaine" fslafountaine


The Minneapolis City Council has chosen "Spirit Car" by Diane Wilson for
the next citywide read. One Minneapolis One Read encourages everyone in
town to read the same book and discuss it. Wilson's book is a series of
vignettes meant to honor her Dakota Indian family.

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Keillor to Join 'Spirit Car' Author on Stage
Tickets are on sale for an onstage discussion featuring Garrison Keillor
and author Diane Wilson in Minneapolis next month.

The creator and host of "A Prairie Home Companion" is slated to join
Wilson in exploring her book "Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past."

The Minneapolis City Council has chosen "Spirit Car" for the next
citywide read. One Minneapolis One Read encourages everyone in town to
read the same book and discuss it.

Wilson's book is a series of vignettes meant to honor her Dakota Indian
family.

Keillor and Wilson will appear Sept. 24 at the Minneapolis Convention
Center Auditorium. Tickets are available at www.ticketworks. com or by
phone.

This year's Minneapolis community read kicks off this fall.

Online:
oneminneapolisonere ad.com <http://oneminneapol isoneread. com/>

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Thu Aug 9, 2012 12:44 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

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Commissioning Tatanka <http://youtu. be/6RFZH0TrGHk> Means & his native
comedian friends was meant to attract the native community. This comedy
group is very popular with their brand of humor that is far reaching.
They have crossed over into other U.S. states & other Indian
reservations.

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Indian Casino commercial taps Southwest Native Comedians
* Tatanka Means
* August 8, 2012
* By: Roscoe Pond
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ond>
Native comedians Credits: 49 laughs Comedy website [Native
comedians] Related topics
* Native <http://www.examiner .com/topic/ native>
* comedians <http://www.examiner .com/topic/ comedians>
* spirit lake <http://www.examiner .com/topic/ spirit-lake/ articles>
* tribe <http://www.examiner .com/topic/ tribe/articles>

As part of the 2011 "Tatanka Means <http://youtu. be/6RFZH0TrGHk> &
`49' laughs comedy show." The popular native
<http://www.examiner .com/topic/ native> comedians
<http://www.examiner .com/topic/ comedians> from the Southwest recorded a
commercial for the Spirit Lake Casino & Resort
<http://spiritlakeca sino.com/> in North Dakota. Tatanka
<http://youtu. be/6RFZH0TrGHk> says in a deep voice that he had walked
into this casino
<http://www.examiner .com/article/ indian-casino- commercial- taps-southwest\
-native-comedians#> & heard stories about the craps table. We then see
him & his friends winning! The casino logo is aptly titled, "Great
stories start here."

The commercial surfaced on YouTube March 4, 2012 by `Reelndnfilms
<http://youtu. be/6RFZH0TrGHk> ' (Reel-Indian Films). It is not your
typical advertisement because the running time is only 54 seconds. Most
Indian casino
<http://www.examiner .com/article/ indian-casino- commercial- taps-southwest\
-native-comedians#> commercials run 15 or 30 seconds depending on
where, when & which local TV station. It also has a full Native American
cast from the lead actor to background extras & including the casino
table dealers. That is rare when most casino public relation campaigns
run with non-Indian actors in their commercials.
[Tatanka Means & 49 Laughs Comedy Show 2011]
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Indian Casinos <http://youtu. be/6RFZH0TrGHk> want customers coming into
their doors to spend money. Commercials play a huge role in enticing
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their brand of humor that is far reaching. They have crossed over into
other U.S. states & other Indian reservations.

The `49 <http://www.49laughs comedy.com/> ' laughs comedy show
website title says it all, "Laughing all over Indian Country
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group. Adrianne Chalepah, Ernie Tsosie, James Junes, Pax Harvey &
Tatanka Means. The website says, "The fantastic variety of humor
from these five professional Native American Comedians has been
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stand-up comic are so unique and original that there is always something
for everyone."

The website <http://www.49laughs comedy.com/> also says, "49
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alcohol free, just not fry-bread free." Indian fry-bread is dough
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A movie based on the critically acclaimed novel The Lesser Blessed by
N.W.T.'s Richard Van Camp will premiere at the Toronto International
Film Festival this September.

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A movie based on the critically acclaimed novel The Lesser Blessed by
N.W.T.'s Richard Van Camp will premiere at the Toronto International
Film Festival this September.
[Author Richard Van Camp, originally from Fort Smith, N.W.T., wanted
the film adaptation of his novel The Lesser Blessed to be shot in the
North, but lack of funding sent the production south. It will debut at
the Toronto International Film Festival in September.] Author Richard
Van Camp, originally from Fort Smith, N.W.T., wanted the film adaptation
of his novel The Lesser Blessed to be shot in the North, but lack of
funding sent the production south. It will debut at the Toronto
International Film Festival in September. (CBC)
The movie stars Benjamin Bratt and is set in Fort Simmer, a fictional
community in the Northwest Territories based on Van Camp's hometown
of Fort Smith. It follows a Tlicho teenager through his high school
experience.

Van Camp said he is elated his movie is premiering on such a big stage.

"I'm still in shock," he said. "I'm grateful. It's been
seven years in the making — this is a major achievement for all
Northerners out there who want to make movies and we're just really
excited."

Van Camp said he hopes to bring the movie up North soon after the
premiere. A screening is being planned for the first week of October in
Yellowknife, and Van Camp would also like to bring it to Fort Smith.

The film was shot in Sudbury, Ont., after attempts to raise enough money
to film parts of it in the N.W.T. failed
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Richard Van Camp is a proud member of the Dogrib (Tlicho) Nation from
Fort Smith, NWT, Canada. A graduate of the En'owkin International School
of Writing, the University of Victoria's Creative Writing BFA Program,
and the Master's Degree <http://www.richardv ancamp.org/ #> in Creative
Writing at the University of British Columbia, Richard currently teaches
Creative Writing for Aboriginal Students at the University of British
Columbia in Vancouver, BC. He is also CBC Radio's Writer in Residence
for their North by Northwest Program

http://vancampinfo. wordpress. com/ <http://vancampinfo. wordpress. com/>
Richard Van Camp Information <http://vancampinfo. wordpress. com/>
* About <http://vancampinfo. wordpress. com/about/>
Author Richard Van Camp's "What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know
About Horses?" Illustrated by George Littlechild Sources Consulted
<http://vancampinfo. wordpress. com/2012/ 08/04/sources- consulted/> August
4, 2012
Works Consulted for this assignment:

Camp, Richard, and George Littlechild. A man called Raven. San
Francisco, Calif.: Children's Book Press, 1997. Print.

Camp, Richard, and George Littlechild. What's the most beautiful
thing you know about horses?. San Francisco, Calif.: Children's Book
Press, 1998. Print.

Edwards, Gail and Saltman, Judith. 2010. Picturing Canada: A history of
Canadian Children's Illustrated Books and Publishing. University of
Toronto Press.

THEN AND NOW: IDENTITY IN FIRST NATIONS ART Lesson Plans
<http://vancampinfo. wordpress. com/#>
http://www.glenbow. org/media/ honour_lp_ grade_6-12. pdf
<http://www.glenbow. org/media/ honour_lp_ grade_6-12. pdf>

http://www.papertig ers.org/intervie ws/archived_ interviews/ rvcamp.html
<http://www.papertig ers.org/intervie ws/archived_ interviews/ rvcamp.html>

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Ray A. Young Bear, Meskwaki <http://www.nativewi ki.org/Fox> (People of
the Red Earth), was born in 1950 in Marshalltown, IA and raised on the
Meskwaki <http://www.nativewi ki.org/Fox> Tribal Settlement
<http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear#> near Tama, IA, where he
lives today with his wife, Stella and his nephew, Jesse. His great-great
grandfather, Maminwanike, as a Sacred Chieftan or Okima, purchased the
settlement land in 1856, on ancestral lands along the Iowa River. This
was done after the federal government forced the tribe to remove to
Kansas.

http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Ray_Young_ Bear
<http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Ray_Young_ Bear>
Ray Young Bear Contents[hide]
* 1 Ray A. Young Bear, Meskwaki poet & novelist
<http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear# Ray_A._Young_ Bear.2C_Meskwaki _\
poet_.26_novelist>
* 2 Awards <http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear# Awards>
* 3 Writing Available Online
<http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear# Writing_Availabl e_Online>
* 4 Books by Ray A. Young Bear
<http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear# Books_by_ Ray_A._Young_ Bear>
* 4.1 Poetry <http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear# Poetry>
* 4.2 Prose <http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear# Prose>
* 4.3 Recordings
<http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear# Recordings>
* 4.4 Anthologies
<http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear# Anthologies>
* 4.5 Interviews with Ray or Essays on His Work
<http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear# Interviews_ with_Ray_ or_Essays_ \
on_His_Work>
* 4.6 Textbooks <http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear# Textbooks>

* 5 See Also <http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear# See_Also>
Ray A. Young Bear, Meskwaki poet & novelist [RYB2006.jpg]
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Ray A. Young Bear, Meskwaki <http://www.nativewi ki.org/Fox> (People of
the Red Earth), was born in 1950 in Marshalltown, IA and raised on the
Meskwaki <http://www.nativewi ki.org/Fox> Tribal Settlement
<http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear#> near Tama, IA, where he
lives today with his wife, Stella and his nephew, Jesse. His great-great
grandfather, Maminwanike, as a Sacred Chieftan or Okima, purchased the
settlement land in 1856, on ancestral lands along the Iowa River. This
was done after the federal government forced the tribe to remove to
Kansas. This tribally-owned land is not a "reservation. " Ray and Stella
are co-founders of a cultural performance group, Black Eagle Child, that
has toured the Midwest and The Netherlands. Ray often begins his
readings with Meskwaki <http://www.nativewi ki.org/Fox> songs,
accompanied by a hand drum and English translations.

Ray's first language is Meskwaki <http://www.nativewi ki.org/Fox> . He
began seriously writing in English when in his early teens. He first
wrote by thinking in Meskwaki <http://www.nativewi ki.org/Fox> and then
translating into English. While he no longer does this, he still writes
in the heightened, formal style of Meskwaki
<http://www.nativewi ki.org/Fox> oratory. He does not write to reveal or
to conceal, but to correct the errors of misrepresentation that have
occurred over generations. Although his poetry was first published in
1968, he was introduced formally as a tribal contributor in the South
Dakota Review American Indian II by John Milton. In addition, Robert
Bly, a Minnesota poet, in the role of mentor recommended him to various
literary magazines.

Ray attended Pomona College <http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear#>
between 1969 and 1971. (In 1971 he met James Welch and Duane Niatum at a
conference which had been organized by Milton at the University of South
Dakota.) He has also attended the University of Iowa, Grinnell College,
Northern Iowa University and Iowa State University. Ray has since taught
creative writing and Native American literature at The Institute of
American Indian Art (1984), Eastern Washington University (1987),
Meskwaki Indian Elementary School (1988-89), the University of Iowa
(1989) and at Iowa State University (1993 and 1998).

Ray's book covers show his wife, Stella's, elaborate bandolier-style
beadwork. He uses the pronoun, we, in discussing his work. His poems are
not written as an extension of his individual ego. They are collages of
many voices, both interior and exterior. This polyvocality is an
expression of his view of human insignificance in the universe, sharing
the universe with all other beings.

Ray's writing has been published in journals such as the American Poetry
Review, Gettysburg Review, The Georgia Review, The Kenyon Review,
Michigan Quarterly Review, Parnassus, Ploughshares, Solo, Virginia
Quarterly Review and Witness.

For readings/performanc es and media interviews, Ray may be contacted
though his agent:
Carlisle & Company
Attn: Christy Fletcher
24 East 64th Street
New York, NY 10021
212-813-1881
Fax: 212-813-9567
For literature-related permissions and general correspondence, Ray can
be contacted at:
202 Red Earth Drive
Tama, Iowa 52339
Fax: 641-484-6168 Awards
Ray A. Young Bear has received a creative writing grant
<http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear#> from the National Endowment
for the Arts in 1976. He has also received an Honorary Doctorate
<http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear#> in Letters from Luther
College, Decorah, Iowa in 1993 and the Ruth Suckow (Soo-koe) Award for
Remnants of the First Earth as an outstanding work of fiction about Iowa
in 1997.
Writing Available Online
Our Bird Aegis
<http://www.english. uiuc.edu/ maps/poets/ s_z/youngbear/ ourbird.htm>

A Season of Provocations and Other Ethnic Dreams
<http://www.hanksvil le.org/storytell ers/youngbear/ poems/Provocatio ns.htm\
l>

The Mask of Four Indistinguishable Thunderstorms
<http://www.hanksvil le.org/storytell ers/youngbear/ poems/MaskofFour .html>

Afterword: Black Eagle Child
<http://www.hanksvil le.org/storytell ers/youngbear/ poems/Afterword. html>

Our Bird Aegis, Improvised Sealant For Hissing Wounds, & In the Tree's
Shadow <http://www.uiowa. edu/uiowapress/ poetry/youngbear .htm> from
PoetryisforEverybod y.org
Books by Ray A. Young Bear Poetry
The Rock Island Hiking Club, University
<http://www.nativewi ki.org/Ray_ Young_Bear#> of Iowa Press.

The Invisible Musician: Poems, Holy Cow Press.

* Review by Janet McAdams from The American Indian Quarterly

Winter of the Salamander: The Keeper of Importance, HarperCollins .

Waiting to be Fed, 1975, Greywolf Press.

Prose
The Tribal Chair Shall Conduct All Meetings, Grove/Atlantic.

Remnants of the First Earth, Grove/Atlantic.

* Book Review
<http://www.hanksvil le.org/storytell ers/youngbear/ RayEliz.html> by
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn in Indian Country Today Magazine

Black Eagle Child: The Facepaint Narratives, Grove/Atlantic.
Recordings
The Woodland Singers: Traditional Mesquakie Songs, Canyon Records, 1987.
Anthologies
Uncommon Wealth : An Anthology of Poetry in English, Neil Besner,
Deborah Schnitzer, Alden Turner (Editors), Oxford Univ Press.

The Best American Poetry 1996, Adrienne Rich, David Lehman (Editors),
Touchstone Books.

Against Forgetting: Twentieth-Century Poetry of Witness, Carolyn Forche
(Editor), W.W. Norton & Company.

New Worlds of Literature: Writings from America's Many Cultures, Jerome
Beaty, J. Paul Hunter (Editors), W.W. Norton & Company.

Columbus & Beyond: Views from Native Americans, Southwest Parks &
Monuments.

The Remembered Earth : An Anthology of Contemporary Native American
Literature, Geary Hobson (Editor), Univ of New Mexico Press

Harper's Anthology of 20th Century Native American Poetry, Duane Niatum
(Editor) HarperCollins

Songs from This Earth on Turtle's Back: An Anthology of Poetry by
American Indian Writers, Joseph Bruchac (Editor), Greenfield Review
Press

Words in the Blood : Contemporary Indian Writers of North and South
America, Jamake Highwater (Editor), New American Library.

Voices of the Rainbow: Contemporary Poetry by Native Americans, Kenneth
Rosen (Editor), R.C. Gorman, Aaron Yava (Illustrator) , Arcade Pub.

Come To Power, Dick Lourie (Editor), Crossing Press.
Interviews with Ray or Essays on His Work
Native American Writers of the United States, (Dictionary of Literary
Biography, V. 175), Kenneth M. Roemer (Editor), Gale Research.

Beyond Bounds: Cross-Cultural Essays on Anglo, American Indian, &
Chicano Literature, Robert Franklin Gish, Univ of New Mexico Press.

New Voices in Native American Literary Criticism, Arnold Krupat
(Editor), Smithsonian Inst Press.

Coyote was here: essays on contemporary Native American literary and
political mobilization, Bo Scholer (Editor), Aarhus, Denmark : Seklos.

Survival This Way: Interviews With American Indian Poets, Joseph Bruchac
III (Editor), (Sun Tracks Books, No 15) University of Arizona Press

We, I, "Voice," and Voices: Reading Contemporary Native American Poetry,
Janet McAdams, Studies in American Indian Literatures, 7(3), 7-16. Fall
1995.

Ray A. Young Bear: Tribal History & Personal Vision, Gretchen M.
Bataille Studies in American Indian Literatures, 5, 17-20, Summer 1993.

The Reality of Dreamtime in Some Contemporary Native American Poetry,
Anne Bromley, Greenfield Review, 11 (3 & 4), Winter/Spring 1984.

Memory and Dream in the Poetry of Ray A. Young Bear, Robert F. Gish,
Minority Voices, 2, 21-29, 1978.

Mesquakie Singer: Listening to Ray A. Young Bear, Robert F. Gish, A: A
Journal of Contemporary Literature, 4, 24-28, 1979.

On First Reading Young Bear's Winter of the Salamander, Robert F. Gish,
Studies in American Indian Literatures, 6, 10-15, 1982.

Introduction, Richard Hugo, American Poetry Review, 2, 22, 1973.

To Be There, No Authority to Anything: Ontological Desire & Cultural and
Poetic Authority in the Poetry of Ray A. Young Bear, Robert Dale Parker,
Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture and Theory,
50, 89-115, 1994.

Outside the Arc of the poem: A Review of Ray Young Bear's Winter of the
Salamander, James Ruppert, Studies in American Indian Literatures, ,
6-10, Summer 1982.

Studies in American Indian Literatures Special Issue, 6, #3, 1982
<http://oncampus. richmond. edu/faculty/ ASAIL/SAILns/ 63.html> .

I Tell You Now: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers,
Brian Swann, Arnold Krupat, Brompton Books Corp.
Textbooks
Approaching Poetry: Perspectives and Responses, Peter Schakel and Jack
Ridl, St. Martin's Press.
See Also
Ray Young Bear entry
<http://www.english. uiuc.edu/ maps/poets/ s_z/youngbear/ youngbear. htm> on
the Modern American Poetry website.

What it Means to be a Meskwaki
<http://www.english. uiuc.edu/ maps/poets/ s_z/youngbear/ 1994.htm> , a 1994
interview with Ray Young Bear.

The Word Collector
<http://www.hanksvil le.org/storytell ers/youngbear/ IowaLife. html> , from
the Des Moines Register, Sept. 2001.

Who Gets to Tell Their Stories
<http://query. nytimes.com/ gst/fullpage. html?res= 9E0CE1D7113BF930 A35756C0\
A964958260&sec= &spon=&pagewante d=3> , James R. Kincaid, New York Times,
May 3, 1992.

Ray Young Bear <http://www.poets. org/poet. php/prmPID/ 404> on Poets.org

Iowa Avenue Literary Walk
<http://www.icgov. org/literarywalk /authors/ rbear.htm>

A short biography <http://www.ipl. org/div/natam/ bin/browse. pl/A99> from
the Internet Public Library's Native American Author's Project.

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