{"product_id":"living-the-spirit-a-gay-american-indian-anthology-compiled-by-gay-american-indians-paperback","title":"Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology Compiled by Gay American Indians - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWill Roscoe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking collection of essays and stories by, about, and selected by gay American Indians from over twenty North American tribes. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the preface by Randy Burns (Northern Paiute): \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGay American Indians are active members of both the American Indian and gay communities. But our voices have not been heard. To end this silence, GAI is publishing \u003ci\u003eLiving the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiving the Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e honors the past and present life of gay American Indians. This book is not just \u003ci\u003eabout \u003c\/i\u003egay American Indians, it is \u003ci\u003eby \u003c\/i\u003egay Indians. Over twenty different American Indian writers, men and women, represent tribes from every part of North America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiving the Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e tells our story---the story of our history and traditions, as well as the realities and challenges of the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Paula Gunn Allen writes, \"Some like Indians endure.\" The themes of change and continuity are a part of every contribution in this book---in the contemporary coyote tales by Daniel-Harry Steward and Beth Brant---in the reservation experiences of Jerry, a Hupa Indian---in the painful memories of cruelty and injustice that Beth Brant, Chrystos, and others evoke. Our pain, but also our joy, our love, and our sexuality, are all here, in these pages. \u003cbr\u003eM. Owlfeather writes, \"If traditions have been lost, then new ones should be borrowed from other tribes,\" and he uses the example of the Indian pow-wow---Indian, yet contemporary and pantribal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of our traditional roles was that of the \"go-between\"---individuals who could help different groups communicate with each other. This is the role GAI hopes to play today. We are advocates for not only gay but American Indian concerns, as well. We are turning double oppression into double continuity---the chance to build bridges between communities, to create a place for gay Indians in both of the worlds we live in, to honor our past and secure our future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublished by Stonewall Inn Editions in partnership with St. Martin's Press, 1988. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoordinating editor \u003cb\u003eWill Roscoe\u003c\/b\u003e has been active in the the gay movement since 1975, when he helped found Lambda, the first LGBT organization in Montana. He worked with Harvey Milk in the \"No on 6\" campaign against the Briggs Initiative and worked closely with the group Gay American Indians (GAI) on issues around the meaning of the term \"berdache\". His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Zuni Man-Woman, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Lambda Literary Award for gay men's nonfiction and the Margaret Mead Award. In 2003, he received a Monette-Horwitz Achievement Award for research and scholarship combating homophobia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors \u0026amp; Co-editors: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaula Gunn Allen (Laguna Pueblo\/Sioux)\u003cbr\u003eBeth Brant (Bay of Quinte Mohawk)\u003cbr\u003eChrystos (Menominee)\u003cbr\u003eBen the Dancer (Yankton Sioux)\u003cbr\u003eJanice Gould (Maidu)\u003cbr\u003eNola M. Hadley (Appalachian\/Cherokee)\u003cbr\u003eMaurice Kenny (Mohawk)\u003cbr\u003eRichard La Fortune (Yupik Eskimo)\u003cbr\u003eCarole LaFavor (Ojibwa)\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Little Hawk (Lakota\/Southern Cheyenne\/Aztec)\u003cbr\u003eJoe Dale Tate Nevaquaya (Comanche\/Yuchi)\u003cbr\u003eLawrence William O'Connor (Winnebago)\u003cbr\u003eDebra S. O'Gara (Tlingit)\u003cbr\u003eM. Owlfeather (Shoshone-Metis\/Cree)\u003cbr\u003eErna Pahe (Navajo)\u003cbr\u003eKieran Prather\/Jerry (Hupa)\u003cbr\u003eTala Sanning (Oglala Sioux)\u003cbr\u003eDaniel-Harry Steward (Wintu)\u003cbr\u003eMidnight Sun (Anishnawbe)\u003cbr\u003eMary TallMountain (Koyukon-Athabascan)\u003cbr\u003eAnne Waters (Seminole\/Choctaw\/Chickasaw\/Cherokee)\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.63 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 18, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42119789707344,"sku":"9780312302245","price":30.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/OGFnU3JRZ2RIZStiZDF1cVZ0Y3hGUT09.webp?v=1773118083","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/living-the-spirit-a-gay-american-indian-anthology-compiled-by-gay-american-indians-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}