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Dana Lone Hill

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  Dana Lou Lone Hill  Oyate WačhíŋyAŋpi (age 47) February 29, 1972 ~ November 15, 2019 (her obituary is on her author page) An Inspiring Lakota Writer, Activist her writing for the Lakota Country Times Dana Lone Hill, Oyate WačhíŋyAŋpi was a dedicated Native woman, mother, writer and activist with a family history full of notable Lakota people on both sides of her parentage. Dana can rest assured that her place in her tribe, the Oglala Lakota, is undisputable. On her mother’s side, she is the granddaughter of Susie Shot In The Eye, noted for walking back from Canada to be with her people and for being one of the most recognized Women Warriors, having fought in the Battle at Greasy Grass. GUARDIAN ARTICLES She fought valiantly alongside her sons Rock, Lone Hill and High Wolf along with her husband Shot In the Eye. On her paternal side, her grandfather is Lone Elk who was later named Caesar and his wife Mattie Shields. Lone Elk is noted for bein...

Buffalo Dreams is now available! Price reduced on both ebook and paperback!

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"Buffalo Dreams" ebook by our Blue Indians author Jaga'de is available in the Kindle Store here .  Price :$3.99. PRICE REDUCED! Jaga'de explains: Dreams are a great source of healing.  Often they will exaggerate to get your attention. This book is an attempt to help people realize the importance of dreams in our daily lives. When I lost my beloved husband of 42 years, grief took on an aspect I did not imagine.  I had grieved more for my dogs than for human beings.  My husband’s walking on left me staggering in unexpected ways, ways in which I could not have prepared myself.  It was as if the world had blown up and me with it.  The pieces are still falling out of the sky.  And yet, I have learned so much in the two years of sorrow.  I have lost, but I have also gained. Once again a dream gave me strength to go on. Perhaps you have a question you would like to have answered.  The answers can come at any time, in many wa...

Vine Deloria on Native Americans (1972) - The Best Documentary Ever

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Vine Deloria Jr. on Technology’s Toll

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#MarkYourCalendars

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The brand new book BUFFALO DREAMS (under the imprint BLUE INDIANS COLLECTIVE) by Jaga'de, and new editions of Sleeps with Knives by Trace Hentz are out!     John Christian Hopkins will be publishing a collection of his humorous columns for the Westerly Sun newspaper in 2020.                     NEW 2020 TITLE:    Crockett's Gold    To read a preview of Sleep with Knives:  here

What has happened to publishing?

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This blog post by Nicholas C. Rossis in Publishing has a series explaining the history of publishing. Also watch the movie THE WIFE with Glenn Close to get an idea of the male dominated industry.... Trace A Brief History of 20th Century Publishing As Kristen Lamb points out in her must-read post, Goliath has Fallen & What This Means for Writers , publishing worked in a pretty standard way for over a century. Writers would take their books to publishers. If their pitch was successful, the publishers would then sign them on, publish the books, and distribute them to smaller chains and independent bookstores around the country. The leaders in charge of the publishing business knew they had three jobs: Protect the writers, producers of the product publishers sold. Protect the bookstores, distributors of books. Protect the readers, consumers of books. These are listed in order of importance. If there are no writers, then there is no content: no stories, no books, no...

Our books on Kobo

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We did publish Two Worlds: Lost Children (Second Edition) on KOBO in Canada in 2017. These are our current stats (July 2019): #200 in Nonfiction , History , Americas , North America #331 in Nonfiction , History , Canada #4093 in Biography & Memoir , Historical You can also set up an account and do your ebook. HERE LINK TO BUY: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/two-worlds-second-edition-vol-1  ...

Hentz releases new creative non-fiction (NEW! REVIEW!)

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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hentz releases new creative non-fiction Greenfield, Massachusetts [2018]   --   “There is a clear sense of urgency in my new book, on a vast variety of topics ” said Blue Hand Books founder and award winning journalist Trace L Hentz, author of   Mental Midgets| Musqonocihte “It’s a Miracle We’ve Survived This Far,” (ISBN: 9781731074010 , Publisher: Blue Indians Books, Massachusetts).   “It’s quite clear we are distressed with changes all around us, and it’s gone global,” Hentz explained.   “John Trudell said it best in an interview I share in the book. ‘ The answer is NON-COOPERATION and a clear coherent thinking human being…”  Trudell didn’t waste words. Neither does Hentz. She describes t his twin book as a collection of factoids, thoughts, quips, code, quotes, photos, thought bombs, creative non-fiction, Native American history and prose. And it’s short (91 pages).   Musqonichte translates ...

Charles Grolla

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Charles Grolla's Ojibwe name is Ogimaagiizhig (Boss of the Sky) and he is of the Adik (Caribou) clan or totem.  He is an enrolled member of the Bois Forte reservation in Minnesota and was raised mainly on the Red Lake reservation in Minnesota.  While growing up in the Bikwaakwaang (West End) area of the Red Lake reservation, Charles became a contending player of Ojibwe style moccasin game before the age of 14.  Charles graduated from Red Lake High School and completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Ojibwe Language at Bemidji State University.  Retiring after 17 years of service from the Red Lake Police Department, first as a police officer then as a conservation officer, he started a new career and is currently a teacher at Cass Lake – Bena High School where he teaches Ojibwe language, culture, and moccasin game. Charles is a lifetime hunter, trapper, fisherman, and moccasin game player.  As a child, besides moccasin ga...

Trace Hentz

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Sleeps With Knives: Has It Hit You Yet + special essay: EBOOK out today https://t.co/rc04hBdDdw via @amazon @StonePony33 — Trace kalala Hentz (@StonePony33) October 5, 2019 LISTEN TO A NEW INTERVIEW new ebook and paperback Trace is still writing! And a cancer survivor! EBAY - new paperback Are you read to publish a new book? Email her: bluehandcollective@outlook.com HER NEW WEBSITE: https://blog.tracehentz.com/    Trace L. Hentz (formerly DeMeyer) is former editor of the Pequot Times in Connecticut and editor/co-founder of Ojibwe Akiing in Wisconsin.  She worked as staff writer at News From Indian Country 1996-1999. Her writing, interviews and poetry have been published in newspapers and journals in the USA, Canada and Europe. She is the founder of Blue Hand Books, a publishing collective she started for other Native authors in 2011. She has been a panelist and presenter on the topic of Indian Adoption at many universi...

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