Jim Northrup (1943–2016)
Autore di Walking the Rez Road
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Jim Northrup was born on the Fond du Lac Reservation in Sawyer, Minnesota on April 28, 1943. At the age of 6, he was ripped from his family and sent to a federal boarding school where speaking in Ojibwe was forbidden and the goal was for the children to become white. At the age of 18, he joined the mostra altro Marine Corps which included a stint in the Caribbean during the Cuban missile crisis and an eight-month tour in Vietnam during the war. Before moving back to the reservation, he worked as a policeman and sheriff. He was an Ojibwe storyteller. His first published work was an in anthology of Ojibwe writings entitled Touchwood. His other books included Walking the Rez Road, Rez Road Follies, Anishinaabe Syndicated: A View from the Rez, Dirty Copper, and The Rez Salute: The Real Healer Dealer. He also wrote plays, poems, and films. In 2000, he appeared in a one-man show entitled Rez Road 2000 at the Great American History Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota. He died from complications of kidney cancer on August 1, 2016 at the age of 73. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry (2020) — Collaboratore — 253 copie
Returning the Gift: Poetry and Prose from the First North American Native Writers' Festival (Sun Tracks, Vol 29) (1994) — Collaboratore — 22 copie
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- Data di nascita
- 1943
- Data di morte
- 2016-08-01
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
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- Opere
- 6
- Opere correlate
- 5
- Utenti
- 213
- Popolarità
- #104,444
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 15
Why I read this book:
This book was personal for me. I chose this book as he mentions places and events I remember from growing up in Minnesota as well as while visiting my dad. It's a genealogist's mini gold mine, as he talks about family and his relationship to those he mentions in the book. It will be a bit of a puzzle putting the " Rez tree" together, but if I dissect this book and his other books, I should have a decent sketch of his family, friends, and neighbors. I love that he uses his native language for many words, which will help me learn those words, and yes I did use the Ojibwe Peoples Dictionary to help with how the words sound.… (altro)