Foto dell'autore

Jim Northrup (1943–2016)

Autore di Walking the Rez Road

6+ opere 213 membri 3 recensioni

Sull'Autore

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

Opere di Jim Northrup

Opere correlate

Etichette

Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1943
Data di morte
2016-08-01
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA

Utenti

Recensioni

It reads like a diary, Jim Northrup, writes about life on the Fond Du Lac Rez (reservation) in Cloquet Minnesota, from 2002 until 2011. The small stories come from his column he wrote called Fond Du Lac Follies. The author talks about his trips as a speaker, to ricing, the Casino, where his family won a 1964 Corvette, pow wows, and the politics of Rez life. It's one man's perspective, and I appreciate his candor about a place my dad called home. I can't wait to read his other books, to gain more knowledge and understanding of the tribe that my father was born into.

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)
1 vota
Segnalato
genealogy_nana | Jan 6, 2021 |
This is a view of gritty life, the reality of living on a reservation for many modern Native Americans. There are many tales involving drinking or being drunk. It's not gilded, but it is often funny. How else can you deal with hard times? Although each chapter is an isolated story, you get a sense of progression, as Luke Warmwater develops from a bitter vet to a man living in a more traditional manner.
 
Segnalato
juniperSun | 1 altra recensione | Sep 20, 2013 |
Walking the Rez Road contains forty short stories and poems featuring Luke Warmwater as a central character. Luke is a Vietnam veteran who has survived the war but is having "trouble/surviving the peace" on a reservation where everyone is broke and where the tribal government seems to work against the interests of the reservation folk. Throughout Walking the Rez Road, it is humor that holds the people and their community together. Winner, Midwest Book Achievement Award, Minnesota Book Award, Northeastern Minnesota Book Award. (Product Description)… (altro)
Questa recensione è stata segnalata da più utenti per violazione dei termini di servizio e non viene più visualizzata (mostra).
 
Segnalato
CollegeReading | 1 altra recensione | Jun 23, 2008 |

Liste

Premi e riconoscimenti

Potrebbero anche piacerti

Autori correlati

Statistiche

Opere
6
Opere correlate
5
Utenti
213
Popolarità
#104,444
Voto
4.2
Recensioni
3
ISBN
15

Grafici & Tabelle