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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 late 90s and early 2000s she was an editor at ... -
UNH Conference
DAWNLAND VOICES: A CELEBRATION SATURDAY, NOV. 1, 2014 in Holloway Commons at UNH This year, in lieu of the annual Indigenous New England Conference, we will be holding a ... -
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 Loring's musical play, The Glooskape Chronicles: Creation and the Venetian ... -
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, Lewy Sockbason: The sample is tucked into an 1828 report ... -
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 suggestions! I have been building this bibliography in Zotero, a ... -
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 on early Native American writers. My students and I are ... -
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, Bowman Books. This is Carol's fourth book, and in many ... -
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 Massachusetts invited Frank James/Wamsutta (Mashpee Wampanoag) to speak, he hit ... -
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 effort. DeMeyer's new company, Blue Hand Books, is unveiling Hopkins's ... -
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 work, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel has published several books, some of ...
