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Happy (late) 80th, Roger L. Welsch! (Folklorist: "Uncle Smoke Stories:Nehawka Tales of Coyote the Trickster," 1994)
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His birthday was on the 6th.
An educator and folklorist, he lives in Dannebrog, Nebraska.
(I suspect he's practically the ONLY author that age or older whose works include children's books who lives in Nebraska! To be fair, though, I only found one title that seems to get listed as a juvenile: "Uncle Smoke Stories.")
Review of that book:
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/roger-welsch/uncle-smoke-stories/
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/search/?q=Roger%20Welsch;t=author
(a few more reviews)
Another book that can be read to young people, at least, is "Omaha Tribal Myths and Trickster Tales."
He's been a senior correspondent on the Sunday Morning program, CBS News, "Postcards from Nebraska."
From "Contemporary Authors":
...Welsch has had a lifelong fascination with the indigenous tribes of the Northern Plains. He played his first Omaha handgame in 1964, and increasingly became involved with members of the Omaha and Pawnee tribes that lived nearby. He was formally adopted into the Omaha's Wind Clan by tribal elders in 1967. He has also deeded his sixty-acre farm to the Pawnees so that they can return it to a scared burial ground. In short, Welsch is, what he terms an Indian wannabe in his memoir Embracing Fry Bread: Confessions of a Wannabe. An anthropologist and folklorist, Welsch emphasizes that this work is an account of his own experiences and not meant to be a scholarly tract, and uses his unique position as an honorary member to give insights on some of the differences between White and Indian culture, including the trope of "Indian time" as well as stereotypes each community has of the other...
https://leoadambiga.com/2010/06/19/author-humorist-folklorist-roger-welsch-tells-the-stories-of-the-american-soul/
(profile)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/roger-welsch-10-07-1998/
(about his work on CBS)
https://www.google.com/#q=roger+welsch&tbm=vid
(videos)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr7oyoB0zZI
(video interview)
WRITINGS:
•A Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 1966.
•An Outline-Guide to Nebraska Folklore (syllabus), Extension Division, University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE), 1966.
•Sod Walls: The Story of the Nebraska Sod House, Purcell Publications (Broken Arrow, NE), 1967.
•(Translator) Kaarle Krohn, Folklore Methodology, University of Texas Press (Austin, TX), 1971.
•Shingling the Fog and Other Plains Lies, Swallow Press (Chicago, IL), 1971.
•The Talltale Postcard: A Pictorial History, A.S. Barnes (South Brunswick, NJ), 1976.
•Omaha Tribal Myths and Trickster Tales, Ohio University Press (Athens, OH), 1981.
•Mister, You Got Yourself a Horse: Tales of Old-Time Horse Trading, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 1981.
•Catfish at the Pump, Plains Heritage Press (Lincoln, NE), 1982.
It's Not the End of the World But You Can See It From Here. New York: Ballantine, 1990.
You Know You're a Nebraskan. Lincoln: J&L Lee Company, 1991.
Sod Walls. Lincoln: J&L Lee Company, 1991.
Touching the Fire: Buffalo Dancers, the Sky Bundle, and Other Tales. New York: Fawcett, 1993.
Liar's Too: Liar's Corner — The Saga Continues: Another Two and a Half Years of Laughter from the Nebraska Farmer's Liar's Corner. Lincoln: J&L Lee Company, 1993.
Uncle Smoke Stories: Nehawka Tales of Coyote the Trickster, 1994.
•Love, Sex and Tractors, MBI Pub. Co. (St. Paul, MN), 2000.
•Old Tractors Never Die: Roger's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Ageless Iron, foreword by Dave Mowitz, Voyageur Press (Stillwater, MN), 2001.
•Everything I Know about Women I Learned from My Tractor, MBI Pub. Co. (St. Paul, MN), 2002.
•Outhouses, MBI Pub. Co. (St. Paul, MN), 2003.
•A Life with Dogs, MBI Pub. Co. (St. Paul, MN), 2004.
•From Tinkering to Torquing: A Beginner's Guide to Tractors and Tools, MBI Publishing Co. (St. Paul, MN), 2005.
•My Nebraska: The Good, the Bad, and the Husker: With Original Sketches of Nebraska Scenic Sites by the Author, Insiders (Guilford, CT), 2006, reprinted, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 2011.
•Weed 'Em and Reap: A Weed Eater Reader, Falcon Guide (Guilford, CT), 2006.
•Forty Acres and a Fool: How to Live in the Country and Still Keep Your Sanity, MBI Pub. Co. (St. Paul, MN), 2006.
•(Editor, with James R. Dow, and Susan D. Dow) Wyoming Folklore: Reminiscences, Folktales, Beliefs, Customs, and Folk Speech, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 2010.
•Embracing Fry Bread: Confessions of a Wannabe, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 2012.
The Reluctant Pilgrim: A Skeptic’s Journey into Native Mysteries. Nebraska, 2015.
Why I'm an Only Child and Other Slightly Naughty Plains Folktales. Nebraska Press, 2016.
Lenona.
An educator and folklorist, he lives in Dannebrog, Nebraska.
(I suspect he's practically the ONLY author that age or older whose works include children's books who lives in Nebraska! To be fair, though, I only found one title that seems to get listed as a juvenile: "Uncle Smoke Stories.")
Review of that book:
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/roger-welsch/uncle-smoke-stories/
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/search/?q=Roger%20Welsch;t=author
(a few more reviews)
Another book that can be read to young people, at least, is "Omaha Tribal Myths and Trickster Tales."
He's been a senior correspondent on the Sunday Morning program, CBS News, "Postcards from Nebraska."
From "Contemporary Authors":
...Welsch has had a lifelong fascination with the indigenous tribes of the Northern Plains. He played his first Omaha handgame in 1964, and increasingly became involved with members of the Omaha and Pawnee tribes that lived nearby. He was formally adopted into the Omaha's Wind Clan by tribal elders in 1967. He has also deeded his sixty-acre farm to the Pawnees so that they can return it to a scared burial ground. In short, Welsch is, what he terms an Indian wannabe in his memoir Embracing Fry Bread: Confessions of a Wannabe. An anthropologist and folklorist, Welsch emphasizes that this work is an account of his own experiences and not meant to be a scholarly tract, and uses his unique position as an honorary member to give insights on some of the differences between White and Indian culture, including the trope of "Indian time" as well as stereotypes each community has of the other...
https://leoadambiga.com/2010/06/19/author-humorist-folklorist-roger-welsch-tells-the-stories-of-the-american-soul/
(profile)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/roger-welsch-10-07-1998/
(about his work on CBS)
https://www.google.com/#q=roger+welsch&tbm=vid
(videos)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr7oyoB0zZI
(video interview)
WRITINGS:
•A Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 1966.
•An Outline-Guide to Nebraska Folklore (syllabus), Extension Division, University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE), 1966.
•Sod Walls: The Story of the Nebraska Sod House, Purcell Publications (Broken Arrow, NE), 1967.
•(Translator) Kaarle Krohn, Folklore Methodology, University of Texas Press (Austin, TX), 1971.
•Shingling the Fog and Other Plains Lies, Swallow Press (Chicago, IL), 1971.
•The Talltale Postcard: A Pictorial History, A.S. Barnes (South Brunswick, NJ), 1976.
•Omaha Tribal Myths and Trickster Tales, Ohio University Press (Athens, OH), 1981.
•Mister, You Got Yourself a Horse: Tales of Old-Time Horse Trading, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 1981.
•Catfish at the Pump, Plains Heritage Press (Lincoln, NE), 1982.
It's Not the End of the World But You Can See It From Here. New York: Ballantine, 1990.
You Know You're a Nebraskan. Lincoln: J&L Lee Company, 1991.
Sod Walls. Lincoln: J&L Lee Company, 1991.
Touching the Fire: Buffalo Dancers, the Sky Bundle, and Other Tales. New York: Fawcett, 1993.
Liar's Too: Liar's Corner — The Saga Continues: Another Two and a Half Years of Laughter from the Nebraska Farmer's Liar's Corner. Lincoln: J&L Lee Company, 1993.
Uncle Smoke Stories: Nehawka Tales of Coyote the Trickster, 1994.
•Love, Sex and Tractors, MBI Pub. Co. (St. Paul, MN), 2000.
•Old Tractors Never Die: Roger's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Ageless Iron, foreword by Dave Mowitz, Voyageur Press (Stillwater, MN), 2001.
•Everything I Know about Women I Learned from My Tractor, MBI Pub. Co. (St. Paul, MN), 2002.
•Outhouses, MBI Pub. Co. (St. Paul, MN), 2003.
•A Life with Dogs, MBI Pub. Co. (St. Paul, MN), 2004.
•From Tinkering to Torquing: A Beginner's Guide to Tractors and Tools, MBI Publishing Co. (St. Paul, MN), 2005.
•My Nebraska: The Good, the Bad, and the Husker: With Original Sketches of Nebraska Scenic Sites by the Author, Insiders (Guilford, CT), 2006, reprinted, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 2011.
•Weed 'Em and Reap: A Weed Eater Reader, Falcon Guide (Guilford, CT), 2006.
•Forty Acres and a Fool: How to Live in the Country and Still Keep Your Sanity, MBI Pub. Co. (St. Paul, MN), 2006.
•(Editor, with James R. Dow, and Susan D. Dow) Wyoming Folklore: Reminiscences, Folktales, Beliefs, Customs, and Folk Speech, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 2010.
•Embracing Fry Bread: Confessions of a Wannabe, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 2012.
The Reluctant Pilgrim: A Skeptic’s Journey into Native Mysteries. Nebraska, 2015.
Why I'm an Only Child and Other Slightly Naughty Plains Folktales. Nebraska Press, 2016.
Lenona.
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