Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology - Hardcover

Gay American Indians (Organization)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312018991 ISBN 13: 9780312018993

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1988

Synopsis

Looks at the history of Indian homosexuality, describes their tribal roles, and includes poems and short stories

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Review:

Some Like Indians Endure by Paula Gunn Allen
My Rug Maker Fine by Ben The Dancer
Her Name Is Helen by Beth Brant
Savage Eloquence by Chrystos [pseud.]
Today Was A Bad Day Like Tb by Chrystos [pseud.]
Your Body by Nola M. Hadley
Pima by Maurice Kenny
United by Maurice Kenny
Winkte by Maurice Kenny
I Have Picked A Bouquet For You by Richard La Fortune
Stepping Softly Among Memories by Carole Lafavor
Horseshoes by Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya
O Mother Earth by Lawrence William O'connor
Children Of Grandmother Moon by M. Owlfeather
A Freedom Song by Tala Sanning
Coyote And Tehoma by Daniel-harry Steward
Charleen Just Never Came Back by Mary Tallmountain
Midnight Sun by Anonymous
Homelands And Family by Anne Waters
Journeys Of The Mind by Anne Waters
Wewoka Oklahoma-summer '85 by Anne Waters
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

From Library Journal:

Joining a reclaimed past to a vibrant present, this work provides a broad view of male and female homosexuality in Native American cultural history through anthropological reports, biography, mission records, photographs, oral literature, diaries, interviews, essays, autobiographical excerpts, poems, and selections from novels. In the past, individuals whose behavior varied from tribal norms could adopt a variety of honorable roles: healer, artist, mediator, shaman. But homophobia saturates the modern Indian world. Contemporary voices (notably Roscoe, Beth Brant, Paula Gunn Allen, Maurice Kenny, and Chrystos) explain and dramatize survival despite chronic and ritualized oppression. Includes contacts, resources, a list of tribes, and a detailed bibliography. Recommended for subject collections. Rhoda Carroll, Vermont Coll., Montpelier
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0312018991
• ISBN 13: 9780312018993
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 235
• Editor: Roscoe Will