It’s a beautiful thing that Bowman Books is now publishing regional Native titles faster than I can review them. I… Read More
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A New Digital Anthology of Regional Native Writing
This is a fairly academic (but short!) piece I wrote for an NEH Institute of Digital Humanities, which I attended… Read More
Trace DeMeyer and Blue Hand Books
Trace DeMeyer, who lives in western Massachusetts, has been an important figure in the regional Native literary scene. In the… Read More
UNH Conference
DAWNLAND VOICES: A CELEBRATION SATURDAY, NOV. 1, 2014 in Holloway Commons at UNH This year, in lieu of the… Read More
A Penobscot Musical in the Making
Last Monday, May 21, I was lucky enough to get up to Orono to see a staged reading of Donna… Read More
Deacon and Lewy Sockbason, early Passamaquoddy writers
Last night, at the Windows on Maine site, I ran across this early-19th-century penmanship sample from a 15-year-old Passamaquoddy student,… Read More
An open bibliography of regional literature
Here is a link to my bibliography of regional Native American literature, on which I’m eager to entertain comments and… Read More
Early Native Writers on the Web
I’ve been absent from this blog for a couple of months, because I have been absorbed in a new class… Read More
Carol Bachofner’s new book is here
Abenaki poet Carol Bachofner’s new book is out!–thanks to the inimitable Joe and Jesse Bruchac (Abenaki), and their publishing venture,… Read More
Nov. 24: National Day of Mourning
What the United States calls “Thanksgiving,” indigenous people call the National Day of Mourning. In 1970, when the state of… Read More
John Christian Hopkins and Trace DeMayer: 11-11-11 e-launch!
With a wink to today’s Mayan Apocalypse, John Christian Hopkins (Narragansett) and Trace DeMeyer (Shawnee/Cherokee) are launching an indigenous e-publishing… Read More
Mohegan Medicine Woman Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
The Mohegan Medicine Woman writes speculative fiction. How cool is that? Although still quite young, and incredibly busy with other… Read More
Carol Dana (Red Hawk), Penobscot Poet
A book I’ve loved for years is When No One Is Looking, by Carol Dana (Penobscot), writing under the name… Read More
2 new books from Alice Azure (Mi’kmaq)
2011 has been a banner year for Alice Azure. She published her second book of poetry, Games of Transformation; and… Read More
Abenaki poet Cheryl Savageau
One of the most accomplished indigenous poets describing New Hampshire is surely Cheryl Savageau. She has been writing about her… Read More
Mapping Native New Hampshire
Blogging, I’ve found, can be highly addictive, and can lead you straight into other time-consuming digital hobbies. I’m becoming interested… Read More
Abenaki historian Marge Bruchac speaking July 23
One Abenaki writer who has taught me a lot over the years is Marge Bruchac. She’ll be giving a talk… Read More
Passamaquoddy author/historian Donald Soctomah
There was a nice article in the Portland Press Herald recently that reminded me of Donald Soctomah’s beautiful book, Remember… Read More
