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Issue
5.4 - Oct./Nov./Dec. 2002
By
Steve
Elm
I
was in the theatre with my friend Vicki, in the uppermost reaches
of the balconies, and I was having trouble catching my breath.
I tried to convince myself that I was simply laughing too hard
at the slapstick English comedy playing out on the Broadway stage
far below. Vicki, a Tuscarora woman who is proudly and defiantly
from over the border, leaned over, looked in my eyes and whispered
"Steve, are you alright?". Flushed, and unsure, I said
"of course. I'll live"..
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By
Tim Hays
The City continues to attract the curious, the adventurous, the
creative, the amazing. In spite of a pretty tough calendar year
since last Fall, young and inspired Native people join these ranks,
seeking fame, fortune or perhaps, a place to formulate and express
another point of view. One such person is Nanobah Becker, a film
maker from the Dine Nation in New Mexico, currently pursuing an
MFA at Columbia University. She identifies herself as Dine and
a descendent of the Red House; still in her 20's, she's had a
varied life, filled with images and impressions.....
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Carolyn
Dunn's "Outfoxing Coyote" |
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Review
by MariJo Moore Early
this morning, when I opened a book written by one of my favorite
authors, Rainer Maria Rilke, the following statement, highlighted
long ago, touched me deeply, as always: "For verses are not,
as people imagine, simply feelings... they are experiences. For
the sake of a single verse, one must see many cities, many people,
and things, one must understand animals, must feel how birds fly,
and know the gesture which small flowers make when they open in
the morning."....
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A
Native American Condolence Ceremony
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By
Joe Cross
A ceremony to Wipe Away The Tears is a specific ceremony where
cedar and tobaco, symbols of Native people's covenant with our
Creator, carries prayers and wishes of the people to the Creator
as it cleanses the site of any spiritual negativity. This ceremony
is an expression of compassion and love for all human beings as
expressd through our tradtional beleifs, and it is our hope that
it will relieve some of the pain and suffering of the survivors....
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Don't
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