{"id":2953,"date":"2013-03-24T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2013-03-25T07:08:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T14:08:32","slug":"native-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/native-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"native innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Native Innovation – Indigenous American Poetry in the 21st Century<\/a> at Poet’s House<\/a><\/p>\n

Poets:
\nSherwin Bitsui
\nJoseph Bruchac
\nNatalie Diaz
\nJoy Harjo
\nCedar Sigo
\nOrlando White
\nKarenne Wood
\nand others<\/p>\n

Books:
\nReinventing the Enemy’s Language
\nFrom the Belly of My Beauty<\/p>\n

Poems:
\nSure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question (Diane Burns)<\/p>\n

Elders:
\nVi Hilbert *compiler of dictionary, lushootseed language
\nHubert McCord *mohave bird song singer<\/p>\n

Quotes:
\n“…something moving through the dark… and it’s compelling” (Harjo)<\/p>\n

“what is native?” (Diaz)<\/p>\n

“laughter… it opens… all different things can fly out or fly through” (Harjo)<\/p>\n

“unlatching the gate and letting all the little animals come out” (Diaz)<\/p>\n

“in native language you center yourself in action” (Wood)<\/p>\n

“my grandmother didn’t speak English” (Bitsui)<\/p>\n

“we have three speakers left in our community” (Diaz)<\/p>\n

“you have to invent words” (Wood, regarding repatriation of language)<\/p>\n

“learn” (air quotes) (Bitsui)<\/p>\n

“one of the last strongholds of language” (Diaz, regarding four day funeral process)<\/p>\n

“museumed, dioramaed” (Bitsui)<\/p>\n

“Nothing was discovered \/ everything was already loved” (Wood)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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