The Remembered Earth: An Anthology of Contemporary Native American Literature

851 Pages·1981·3 MB·English

by  Geary Hobson

The Remembered Earth : An Anthology of
title:
Contemporary Native American Literature
author: Hobson, Geary.
publisher: University of New Mexico
isbn10 | asin: 0826305687
print isbn13: 9780826305688
ebook isbn13: 9780585303918
language: English
American literature--Indian authors,
subject American literature--20th century, Indians
of North America--Literary collections.
publication date: 1993
lcc: PS508.15.R4 1993eb
ddc: 810/.8/0897
American literature--Indian authors,
subject: American literature--20th century, Indians
of North America--Literary collections.
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The Remembered Earth
An Anthology of Contemporary Native American
Literature
Edited by
Geary Hobson
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© 1979 by Red Earth Press. All rights transferred to the University of
New Mexico Press, 1980.
Sevenh UNM Press Printing, 1993. Manufactured in the United States
of America.
ISBN 0-8263-0584-9 (cloth)
ISBN 0-8263-0568-7 (paper)
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
The Remembered earth.
Originally published by Red Earth Press, Albuquer-
que, N.M.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. American literatureIndian authors. 2. American
literature20th century. 3. Indians of North America
Literary collections. I. Hobson, Geary. II. Title.
[PS508.15R4 1981] 810'.8'0897 80-54561
ISBN 0-8263-0584-9
ISBN 0-8263-0568-7 (pbk.)
Many poems, works of fiction, and essays in The Remembered Earth
have previously appeared in the following publications, and we
gratefully acknowledge permission to reprint them.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
A: a journal of contemporary literature: Story from Bear Country by
Leslie Marmon Silko. © 1976, Leslie Marmon Silko, reprinted with
permission.
Academic Squaw: Reports to the World from The Ivory Tower by
Wendy Rose: To Some Few Hopi Ancestors; For the white poets who
would be Indian and Three Thousand Dollar Death Song. Blue Cloud
Press, 1977.
Akwesasne Notes: Bear by Peter Blue Cloud. Reprinted by
permission.
Americans Before Columbus: Pottery Maker by Laura Watchempino
and "We Shall Endure" by Simon J. Ortiz.
Beloit Poetry Journal: After Fish and Mosquitoes by Linda Hogan,
reprinted with permission.
Bidato: Ten Mile River Poems by Duane BigEagle: My Father's
Country. © 1975, Workingman's Press, reprinted with permission.
Blue Cloud Quarterly: Bronze Tablets! by John F. Kerr, reprinted with
permission.
Calyx: A Northwest Feminist Review: Soalt' in Tleeyaga and Indian
Blood by Mary Tall Mountain. © 1977, 1978, Calyx, reprinted with
permission.
Carriers of the Dream Wheel, edited by Duane Niatum: Girl with the
Green Skirt and Untitled by Dana Naone. © 1975, Harper & Row,
reprinted with permission.
Chicago Review: Wolf Hunting Near Nashoba by Jim Barnes. © 1975,
Chicago Review, Vol. 27, No. 1; Notes for a Love Letter from Mid-
America and Lost in Sulphur Canyons by Jim Barnes. © 1977,
Chicago Review, Vol. 28, No. 4.
Chokecherry Hunters and Other Poems by Joseph L. Concha:
Grandmother; Chokecherry Hunters; August and Leaf. © 1976, The
Sunstone Press, reprinted with permission.
Chouteau Review, Fall 1977: on the banks of black bear creek by
Anna L. Walters, reprinted with permission.
Cimarron Review: Ritual to Insure Long Life by Raven Hail, reprinted
with permission.
College English, Vol. 39, No. 3, November 1977: men tell and talk
and i have sat through sunlight by Nia Francisco. © 1977, the
National Council of Teachers of English, reprinted with permission.
Come to Power, edited by Dick Lourie: i breathe as the night breathes
by Suzan Shown Harjo. © 1974, The Crossing Press, reprinted with
permission.
Conversations from the Nightmare by Carol Lee Sanchez: The poster
invites me to take a trip to the Museum and They have disappeared
me. © 1975, Casa Editorial, reprinted with permission.
Coyote and Friends by Peter Blue Cloud. For Rattlesnake. © 1976,
Blackberry Press, reprinted by permission.
Coyote's Daylight Trip by Paula Gunn Allen: Tucson: First Night and
Madonna of the Hills. La Confluencia Press, 1978.
Cutbank, number 8: Autobiography, Chapter IV and Autobiography,
Chapter IX by Jim Barnes, reprinted with permission.
Dacotah Territory, 6: anniversary poem (for the Cheyennes who died
at sand creek) by Lance Henson: Vickie Loans-Arrow; John Knew-
the-Crow and Bessie Dreaming Bear by Marnie Walsh, reprinted with
permission.
Distant Visions (formerly Newborn): Acoma by William Oandasan
and Inspiration (for Indin Artists) by Karoniaktatie.
Entering Onandaga by Joseph Bruchac: Ellis Island; The Remedies;
Birdfoot's Grampa and The Geyser. © 1977, Cold Mountain Press,
reprinted with permission.

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The Face of Poetry, edited by Laverne Harrell Clark and Mary
MacArthur: Self-Portrait: Microcosm, or Song of Mixed Blood by
Robert J. Conley. © 1977, Gallimaufry Press, reprinted with
permission.
First Annual Women's Poetry Festival Anthology: Indian
Anthropologist by Wendy Rose. New World Press Collective, 1977
The First Skin Around Me, edited by James L. White: moving camp
too far by nila northSun. © 1976, Territorial Press, reprinted with
permission.
Flow by Joseph Bruchac: Elegy for Jack Bowman. © 1975, Cold
Mountain Press, reprinted with permission.
Four Indian Poets edited by John R. Milton: Snowgoose; Rain for Ke-
waik Bu-ne-ya; The Hoop Dancer and Ikce Wichasha by Paula Gunn
Allen. Dakota Press, 1974, reprinted with permission.
Going for the Rain by Simon J. Ortiz. The Boy and Coyote;
Yuusthiwa; Juanita, Wife of Manuelito; Significance of a Veteran's
Day; My Father's Song and Dry Root in a Wash. © 1976, Harper &
Row, reprinted with permission.
A Good Journey by Simon J. Ortiz. Heyaashi Guutah; Time to Kill in
Gallup and A San Diego Poem: January-February 1973. © 1977,
Turtle Island Foundation, reprinted with permission.
The Gourd Dancer by N. Scott Momaday: Headwaters; The Fear of
Bo-talee; The Story of a Well-Made Shield; The Horse That Died of
Shame; The Gourd Dancer; Rainy Mountain Cemetery and
Krasnopresnenskaya Station. © 1975, Harper & Row, reprinted by
permission.
Greenfield Review: To Insure Survival by Simon J. Ortiz; Barbara's
LandMay 1974 by Geary Hobson; Blessings and Heritage by Linda
Hogan. Greenfield Review Press, reprinted with permission.
Indian Historian Magazine: Travels in the South by Simon J. Ortiz,
reprinted with permission.
Indian Mountain by Joseph Bruchac: First Deer and Three Poems for
the Indian Steelworkers in a Bar Where I Used to Drink. © 1971,
Ithaca House, reprinted with permission.
Indian Thoughts: The Children of God by Norman H. Russell: Old
men climbing and a great mosquito dance. Native American Series.
Kenneth R. Lincoln (editor) Los Angeles: American Indian Culture
Center, UCLA, 1975, reprinted with permission.
Indian Thoughts: I am Old by Norman H. Russell: i do not wish to be
old. San Marcos Press, 1975, reprinted with permission.
Indian Voices: The Man Made of Words by N. Scott Momaday. ©
1970, Indian Historian Press, reprinted with permission.
Kayak: Thought of Going Home by Dana Naone, reprinted with
permission.
La Confluencia: Buffalo Poem #1 by Geary Hobson and Honest
John's Seven Idols Pawn Shop by Luci (Beach) Abeita. Reprinted
with permission.
Laguna Woman by Leslie Marmon Silko: Slim Man Canyon; When
Sun Came to Riverwoman and Horses at Valley Store. Greenfield
Press, 1974, © 1974, Leslie Marmon Silko, reprinted with permission.
The Last Song by Joy Harjo: Too Far into Arizona; the last song and 3
AM. Puerto del Sol Press, 1975.
Like Spirits of the Past Trying to Break Out and Walk to the West by
Minerva Allen: Returning from scouting for meat; A warm sunny day;
Dog soldier renounced life and In the lodge where no one lives.
Wowapi Productions, 1974.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: Rite of Encounter by
Russell Bates. © 1973, Mercury Press, reprinted with permission.
Margarine Maypole Orangoutang Express. Number 24: Round Valley
Song #3 and Round Valley Song #4 by William Oandasan.
Message Bringer Woman by Carol Lee Sanchez: La Tienda; More
Conversations from the Nightmare and Prophecy. © 1977, Taurean
Horn Press, reprinted with permission.
Mestizo: An Anthology of Chicano Literature: Dragon Mountain by
Robert L. Perca. Pajarito Publications, Albuquerque, NM, 1978.
Reprinted with permission.
Mississippi Valley Review, Volume 6, Number 3: Summer night by
William Oandasan.
Muted War Drums by Adrian C. Louis: The Pseudo Shaman's Cliché.
Blue Cloud Press, 1977. Reprinted with permission.
Naming the Dark: poems for the Cheyenne by Lance Henson: the
leaving; love poem; portrait in february; snow song; old country and
seeing. © 1976. Point Riders Press, reprinted with permission.
The Nation: The Last Chance by Jim Barnes; My People and Flowers
of Winter by Duane BigEagle. © The Nation, reprinted with
permission.
Native Colours by Karoniaktatie: i lost the song. © 1974, Akwesasne
Notes, reprinted with permission.
New America. Vol. 2, Number 3, (Special Native American Issue)
edited by Geary Hobson: Untitled Journey by Veronica Riley;
Jicarilla in August by Ronald Rogers; Gallup by Larry Emerson;
squash blossom shit and heishi horrors by Luci (Cadzow) Abeita;
Blowing Wind by Genevieve Yazzie; the words and two circles by
Norman H. Russell and Mickey, To Nílíníglí, and ShighanThe Navajo
Way by Bernadette Chato.