And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 00:25:20 EST >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Fwd: WC: Anthology invitation (fwd) > >For your information - please pass along . . . >Martha > > ><< Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 11:04:04 -0500 > From: Robert Bensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: AN-NA-FN Discussions in Literature <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: WC: Anthology invitation > > Friends: > > Let me repeat an invitation I made two years ago. The > anthology I've been working on is now in final stages of > review at a major publisher (a university press) of Native > American books, but I am can still make room for work that > contributes to the collection's purpose. > > I am looking for Native writers' autobiographical > accounts, fiction, poetry, or other forms of testimony on > the subject of child custody and upbringing (or > "education"). In particular, I'd like to see work by (or > about) those who were adopted out of their family and tribe > into non-Native families, or who were raised in foster care, > or whose childhood involved conflict over indentity because > of breaches and separations from their people. The book's > scope includes both the U.S. and Canada. > > In the years prior to the Indian Child Welfare Act of > 1978, more than one out of four Indian children were being > raised in non-Indian settings, abuses by adoption and foster > care agencies were rampant, and that the consequences of > what was called the stealing of Indian children were very > serious to the children's lives and identities. This > anthology puts that era in the context of child custody over > the last century. The following paragraph is copied from > the original proposal for the book, and remains a statement > of purpose: > > CHILDREN OF THE DRAGONFLY weaves powerful accounts of > struggle and loss into a tale of perseverance and survival, > in one of the most vital conflicts the Native Nations have > faced in North America: the custody and upbringing of > American Indian children. The anthology gathers > autobiography, fiction and traditional tales, interviews and > testimony, propaganda and poetry from the century between > the Boarding School Movement of the 1870s and the passage of > the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, when the children of > Native America were subjected to efforts to assimilate, > acculturate, and educate them as part of broader imperial > aims to eliminate tribal identity and sovereignty. In the > works in this collection, as in the Zuni story of Dragonfly, > the dispossession of children leads to new relations and new > modes of devotion to their sources of being. Their stories > enact the desire for connection, the search for which > becomes the source of art and expression. The anthology not > only chronicles historical conflict over child custody and > education, but also documents tribal knowledge in this area, > including traditional tales about raising children, > autobiography and testimony, and rapidly growing > contemporary literature. > > If any of you have written or are prepared to write for > this anthology, I would appreciate your contacting me > (privately, of course) via email reply or by phone at (607) > 431-4902. Response to this project all along has been most > heartening. I remain committed to the book's idea and have > appreciated the support from many of you along the way. > > I'll be glad to answer any questions I can, or tell you > who don't know me more about myself in regard to this book. > > Thank you for your attention to my request, and I hope > to hear from you. > Bob > > Address: > Robert Bensen > 14 Harrison Avenue > Oneonta, New York 13820 > > > ------------------------------------- > WORDCRAFT-L MAILING LIST > To contribute to the list send your message to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If you need other help with the list, please contact > the list administator at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Received: from rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (rly-zc04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.4]) by > air-zc03.mail.aol.com (v55.5) with SMTP; Wed, 06 Jan 1999 11:25:43 > -0500 >Received: from lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu (lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu [129.115.120.1]) > by rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) > with ESMTP id LAA05436 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > Wed, 6 Jan 1999 11:25:35 -0500 (EST) >Received: (from srussell@localhost) > by lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA08210; > Wed, 6 Jan 1999 10:24:37 -0600 (CST) >Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 10:24:37 -0600 (CST) >From: Steve Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: WC: Anthology invitation (fwd) >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > >Martha, > >Please forward to anyone you know who might fit. I do not because I was >raised in Indian Country. > >Steve > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 11:04:04 -0500 >From: Robert Bensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: AN-NA-FN Discussions in Literature <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: WC: Anthology invitation > >Friends: > > Let me repeat an invitation I made two years ago. The >anthology I've been working on is now in final stages of >review at a major publisher (a university press) of Native >American books, but I am can still make room for work that >contributes to the collection's purpose. > > I am looking for Native writers' autobiographical >accounts, fiction, poetry, or other forms of testimony on >the subject of child custody and upbringing (or >"education"). In particular, I'd like to see work by (or >about) those who were adopted out of their family and tribe >into non-Native families, or who were raised in foster care, >or whose childhood involved conflict over indentity because >of breaches and separations from their people. The book's >scope includes both the U.S. and Canada. > > In the years prior to the Indian Child Welfare Act of >1978, more than one out of four Indian children were being >raised in non-Indian settings, abuses by adoption and foster >care agencies were rampant, and that the consequences of >what was called the stealing of Indian children were very >serious to the children's lives and identities. This >anthology puts that era in the context of child custody over >the last century. The following paragraph is copied from >the original proposal for the book, and remains a statement >of purpose: > > CHILDREN OF THE DRAGONFLY weaves powerful accounts of >struggle and loss into a tale of perseverance and survival, >in one of the most vital conflicts the Native Nations have >faced in North America: the custody and upbringing of >American Indian children. The anthology gathers >autobiography, fiction and traditional tales, interviews and >testimony, propaganda and poetry from the century between >the Boarding School Movement of the 1870s and the passage of >the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, when the children of >Native America were subjected to efforts to assimilate, >acculturate, and educate them as part of broader imperial >aims to eliminate tribal identity and sovereignty. In the >works in this collection, as in the Zuni story of Dragonfly, >the dispossession of children leads to new relations and new >modes of devotion to their sources of being. Their stories >enact the desire for connection, the search for which >becomes the source of art and expression. The anthology not >only chronicles historical conflict over child custody and >education, but also documents tribal knowledge in this area, >including traditional tales about raising children, >autobiography and testimony, and rapidly growing >contemporary literature. > > If any of you have written or are prepared to write for >this anthology, I would appreciate your contacting me >(privately, of course) via email reply or by phone at (607) >431-4902. Response to this project all along has been most >heartening. I remain committed to the book's idea and have >appreciated the support from many of you along the way. > > I'll be glad to answer any questions I can, or tell you >who don't know me more about myself in regard to this book. > > Thank you for your attention to my request, and I hope >to hear from you. > Bob > >Address: > Robert Bensen > 14 Harrison Avenue > Oneonta, New York 13820 > > >------------------------------------- >WORDCRAFT-L MAILING LIST >To contribute to the list send your message to ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >If you need other help with the list, please contact >the list administator at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
