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Ah!!!!!! I have to present a poet tomorrow. I originally had planned on doing it on Alice Walker. I have all the information I need and I even know which poems I want to bring to class. The issue actually is that I thought that I would maybe change my poet and talk about a Native American poet. Here's where my frustration begins. I can't find anything on any of the poets that I may want to discuss in class on the web,library, or bookstore. I have gone to only two stores yet I would think that there would be something!
North America and Latin America were founded by indigenous people and they are a part of our history and culture. I myself am an 1/8th Huasteca(an indigenous tribe). There isn't much information on anyone really except for the more popular Native Americans such as Red Cloud,Sacajawea , andTecumseh. The other issue that comes up is how authentic are these books. It's so easy for me to get side tracked especially if I can't find what I'm looking for. Due to the tradition of oration it is actually difficult to know what was real and what was not. An example of this is Chief Seattle's famous speech. There are several versions of it and even an environmental version written by a guy named Ted that forever imprinted on the minds of those who read his virsion as the true words of Chief Seattle.
Something else I found interesting was in looking at the history section of Borders there isn't anything on the history of Indigenous people anywhere. There are a number books on different cultures represented but not a thing on Native American history. Ok I could keep going but I'm going to go way out there and I began this because I cannot find any of the Native American poets that I want to discuss in class. I just needed to vent my frustration.
Posted by Adriana Worley on 5/24/04; 1:47:13 PM
from the dept.
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