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The Book Of The Month Edition of Native America Calling is a monthly segment featuring conversations with Native authors of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, history and books for children. A free copy of the featured book will be given to the first ten callers who make a comment on the air. Join us the last Wednesday of every month for our Book Of The Month Edition of Native America Calling.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 – Book of the Month: A Cherokee Ancestry:
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Cherokee history has been marked by the formation of different tribes – the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, the Eastern Band of Cherokee, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees – from the same original people. Author Robert J. Conley’s new book titled “A Cherokee Ancestry” is a quick reference for many of the places, things, and people who are connected to this group. Have you ever wondered about the Trail of Tears, or Sequoyah's syllabary? Are you part Cherokee? Robert J. Conley, a member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee, joins us.
Wednesday, February 27 , 2008 – Book of the Month: Miko Kings: (listen)
With spring training just around the corner it’s time to start thinking about baseball. In LeAnne Howe’s new book “Miko Kings,” she ties baseball to the heart and soul of Native people. A fictional story set in Ada, Oklahoma, baseball is presented as an extension of Native culture and community. Loosely based on actual research of the relationship between baseball and Natives, “Miko Kings” gives us a full-speed run around the bases. Our guest is LeAnne Howe (Choctaw).
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 – Book of the Month: The Women’s Warrior Society: (listen)
The Women’s Warrior Society is a gathering of characters and voices used to expose truths about Native American life. In tightly woven prose, author Lois Beardslee (Ojibwe/Lacandon) tells stories about people from all over North America. The women warriors in these tales have lived through a variety of mishaps, experiencing the consequences of misinformation and the misguided efforts of institutions and individuals.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 – Book of the Month: Lines from a Mined Mind: (listen)
The mind is a terrible thing to waste but a mined mind is terrible to be silenced. As poetry month comes to an end, the words that express what the human spirit endures and goes through are set free in John Trudell’s (Santee Sioux) latest book “Lines from a Mined Mind.” The collection of writings – from nearly a quarter century of his life – has converged in one place to help shake loose the restraints of being and intelligence. How does thinking arm the human soul against the world around them? Can out thinking an enemy prove to be mightier than any hand held weapon?
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 – Book of the Month: Native Athletes in Action: (listen)
There is a false perception that Native American athletes cannot make it to the professional level or the top level of their sport. Vincent Schilling (St. Regis Mohawk) has compiled and written a book that profiles Native athletes such as Jordin Tootoo (Inuit) of the National Hockey League, Olympic wheelchair racer Cheri Becerra-Madsen ( Omaha ), downhill speed skier Ross Anderson (Cheyenne Arapaho/Mescalero Apache), Olympic figure skater Naomi Lang (Karuk), Indianapolis 500 race car driver Cory Witherill (Navajo), and others. Who’s your favorite Native athlete?
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 – Book of the Month: The Plague of Doves: (listen)
Acclaimed author Louise Erdrich (Ojibwa) has a new book that is being described as “her dazzling masterpiece.” It is a work of power, history and suspense that explores the many ways people carry their own past and the pasts of their parents and grandparents along with them. The story is set in a small North Dakota town in 1911, and surrounds the slaughter of a local farming family. Three Indians are falsely accused with the murders and lynched, but they are not the culprits. The book moves backward and forward in time, each episode shedding new light on the buried truths, until the killer is finally identified.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 – Book of the Month: I Swallow Turquoise for Courage: (listen)
In poems that exude the warmth of an afternoon in the southwestern sun, author Hershman John (Navajo) draws readers into a world both familiar and utterly new. John’s poetry creates a voice that understands life on both sides of the canyon, on and off the reservation. With their recurring themes of sheep, coyote, and crows – and an ever-present Navajo grandmother – these poems draw freely from tribal myths and legends engaged with life in the messy world we live in. Can ancient time exist parallel to the present?
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 – Book of the Month: People of the Whale: (listen)
Linda Hogan (Chickasaw) has a new novel titled “People of the Whale.” It is a powerful story of a Vietnam veteran trying to cope with both his painful wartime experiences and the difficult realities his Native community faces. The story centers on Thomas Witka, whose ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever. After returning home, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, a symbol of spirituality and rebirth. Hogan, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and American Book Award winner, joins us as we discuss our book of the month.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 – Book of the Month: The Long Knives Are Crying: (listen)
The second novel in Joseph Marshall’s (Rosebud Sioux) Lakota Western series takes place ten years after the conflict of the first novel. Facing threats from white soldiers, the Lakota population mirrors the dwindling buffalo herds as many people join agencies and abandon the old traditions. Aware that their way of life is disappearing, Sitting Bull calls for a gathering of tribes to defend their people. What ensues is one of the biggest battles fought in the American West. The “Long Knives Are Crying” portrays the Battle of the Little Big Horn in an entirely new light.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 – Book of the Month: What Does Justice Look Like?: (listen)
A new book by Waziyatawin (Upper Sioux Dakota) called “What Does Justice Look Like?: The Struggle for Liberation in Dakota Homeland” offers a hard-hitting analysis of the untold story of Minnesota’s original people and their legacy of genocide. How can restorative justice principles and values be applied to America’s historical misdeeds? How can Indians and non-Indians move beyond the past and work toward making things right? What would it take, in your mind, to make up for the injustices inflicted upon Native Americans? Our guest is author Waziyatawin.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 – Book of the Month: A Radiant Curve: (listen)
In this sixth collection of stories and verse, award-winning writer Luci Tapahonso (Navajo) finds sacredness in everyday life. Viewing a sunset in the desert sky, listening to her granddaughter recount how she spent her day, or visiting with her mother after her father has died, she finds traces of her own memories, along with echoes of the voices of her Navajo ancestors. These engaging words draw us into a workaday world that, magically but not surprisingly, has room for the Holy People, Old Salt Woman, and Dawn Boy.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 – Book of the Month: Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: (listen)
As the 50th anniversary of Alaska statehood approaches, a new book by Willie Hensley (Inupiaq) called “Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People” tells his story. An orphan, Hensley was raised by his mother’s first cousin on the shores of the Kotzebue Sound, 29 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Hensley was a key participant in getting the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act signed by President Nixon in 1971. This bill awarded Alaska Natives 44 million acres of land and provided $962 million for relinquishing claims to the rest of Alaska .
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