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by Carolyn Dunn (Editor), Carol Comfort (Editor)
"I am humbled studying these thoughts of my sisters. Theirs is not a knowledge that changes with the whims of society but a wisdom that will forever move with the contents of the universe." Darryl Babe Wilson, author of The Morning the Sun Went Down
Animal stories have been handed down through the rich oral traditions of over five hundred distinct American Indian languages and cultures, offering understanding about and guidance to the natural and social worlds. The fiction and poetry gathered in this collection honor these traditions, retelling and reshaping traditional narratives, by recalling their ancient wisdom and renewing their spirit in new contexts.
Contributors
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Elizabeth C. Ali, Paula Gunn Allen, Salli M. Kawennotakie Benedict, Gloria Bird, Linda Boyden, Beth Brant, Carmen Buchanan, Ella Cara Deloria, Carolyn Dunn, Anita Endrezze, Louise Erdrich,
Lynda Martinez Foley, Janice Gould, Joy Harjo, In?eacute;s Hern?aacute;ndez-?vila, Roberta Hill, Linda Hogan, Monelle Boyett Holley, LeAnne Howe, Mary Ike, Shaunna McCovey, Judith Minty, Deborah Miranda, MariJo Moore, Mourning Dove, Jody Nokwisa Peiffer-Willett, Georgia Orcutt, Dawn Karima Pettigrew, Suzanne Rancourt, Catherine Ruiz
Cheryl Savageau, Stephanie Sellers, Leslie Marmon Silko, Griselda Su?rez, Mary TallMountain, Luci Tapahonso
Georgiana Valoyce-Sanchez, Lela Northcross Wakely
Author Biography
Carolyn Dunn (Creek/Seminole/Cherokee/Choctaw), also of French Creole and Cajun descent, is a wife, mother, daughter, journalist, teacher, poet, fiction writer and catechist born in Southern California. She is the author of the forthcoming volume of poetry Outfoxing Coyote (That Painted Horse Press) and her work has appeared in the anthologies The Colour of Resistance and Reinventing the Enemy's Language. She has taught at Humboldt State University, Four Winds Indian School in Chico, California, and Cal Poly Pomona. A member of the Mankillers, an all women Northern style drum group whose two CDs (All Women's Northern Drum and Comin' to Getcha!) are available on Without Rez records.
Carol Comfort (Cherokee/Choctaw), also of German and Irish descent, is the mother of three children, a teacher, writer, and social activist. She is particularly devoted to promoting equality for individuals with disabilities and differences. She is the author of Breaking Boundaries, a multicultural textbook for teaching developmental writing at the university level. Carol is both the Director of the College Reading Skills program and Lecturer in the department of English and Foreign Languages at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
