A message in our guestbook recently got me thinking. Like a lot of whites enamored of Nuage frauds, it was a very pollyanna sweetness and light kind of post, suggesting we try to be more positive. But underneath the fluff there was a good point.
We should try to steadily build up a list of books, websites, authors, musicians, organizations, etc, that each of us personally like or admire. Trish already has something like this on her site, but I hope we'll see each of us add to the list.
And for newcomers, esp whites or other outsiders who are curious or don't know, feel free to add or ask about titles author etc you've heard about.
My own recommends:
Authors- These are gonna be mostly history from me, naturally.
Vine Deloria (Lakota)-God Is Red, Red Earth White Lies, Custer Died for Your Sins
Phillip Deloria (Lakota)-Playing Indian
William McCullough-After the Trail of Tears
Clifford Trafzer-As Long as the Grass Grows and Rivers Flow. Landmark work, the first history survey book centered on NDN history.
Keith Basso-Wisdom Sits In Places. He's a white anthropologist with a good grasp of Apache ways of talking about history and land.
Tom Holm (Cherokee)-Strong Hearts Wounded Souls. Native vets of Vietnam, and the only book out there on Native vets I recommend without reservations.
Musicians-This is the funnest part of the list.
A Carlos Ortega-Apache blues/traditional
Floyd Westerman-Lakota country/folk/traditional
Sharon Burch-Navajo folk
Jerry Alfred-Dine rock/traditional. That's Dine of northern Canada, not Navajo, though the people are related.
Rollin Fox-Apache hip hop
Blackfire-truly asskickin Navajo metal/punk. W/the late great Joey Ramone guesting on vocals.
More later.
