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Kokopelli and Kokopelli Mana as depicted by the Hopi. Kokopelli (/ ˌ k oʊ k oʊ ˈ p ɛ l iː / [1]) is a fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with feathers or antenna-like protrusions on his head), who is venerated by some Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States.
Michael Kabotie was born September 3, 1942, in Shongopovi, Arizona to Alice Talayaonema, a traditional Hopi basket weaver, and the Hopi artist Fred Kabotie. [1] He grew up in the village of Shongopavi and when the high school on the Hopi reservation closed, he moved and graduated from Haskell Indian School in Lawrence, Kansas in 1961. [2]
The book's preface stated that "Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep" was "the unexpected poetry success of the year from Bookworm's point of view"; the poem had "provoked an extraordinary response... the requests started coming in almost immediately and over the following weeks the demand rose to a total of some thirty thousand.
The Reverend Samson Occom, Mohegan, 1723–1792, [1] thought to be the first Native American to publish in English. This is a list of notable writers who are Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
According to Hopi legend as reported by writer Frank Waters, [3] at the beginning of time, Taiowa the Creator created his nephew, Sótuknang, to construct places for life. Out of the nothingness, Sótuknang created nine universes or worlds: one for Taiowa, one for himself, and seven others for additional life. [4]
Wendy Rose has been one of the leading voices in resurgent Native American poetry for the past quarter of a century. In an interview with Joseph Bruchac, she told him that she sees her task as "storykeeper" as she chronicles the sufferings of displaced peoples and biracial outcasts worldwide in addition to treating ecological and feminist issues.
Native American pieces of literature come out of a rich set of oral traditions from before European contact and/or the later adoption of European writing practices. Oral traditions include not only narrative story-telling, but also the songs, chants, and poetry used for rituals and ceremonies.
Duane Niatum (McGinniss) is a Native American poet, author and playwright from the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe in the northern Olympic Peninsula of the state of Washington. . Niatum's work draws inspiration from all aspects of life ranging from nature, art, Native American history and humans rig