![]() ![]() ![]() I have not missed a vote in three decades. By tribal law, only Natives are eligible to vote (see below). Voting member (called a shareholder) of Ahtna Native Corporation. I have a Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB) from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), part of the U.S. IĪm the son of a half-blood Native father. Importantly by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA 1971, 1987 Amendments), the largest indigenous legislation passed by Congress in American history, I am Alaska Native/Native American. LeGuin, backcover, Songs from an Outcastīy all applicable laws of the United States, most "The North, the winter, warmth within cold-this poet speaks from the land, and for the land and the people who belong to This gives his work an unusual and valuable resonance." -Denise Levertov, foreword to Songs from an Outcast Twentieth century individual poetic sensibility and the collective voice of the people of that landscape in times past. When he evokes the Alaskan landscape, its fauna, its myths, one can't help but feel one is hearing the voice of a late Smelcer is taking an active step towards rescuing it for his contemporaries. As a pioneer in exploring the almost defunct Ahtna Athabaskan language for some of his own work, which he then translates into English, So grievously wounded yet still alive around and in him. "John Smelcer's poems bring one a strong sense of his Indian ancestry, his constant and haunting awareness of the indigenous life He continues to write and the world continues to listen to what he has to say, despite his marginalization by the very people who shouldĮncourage him most." -James Welch, American Book Award winning author of Fools Crow & The Indian He has never given up he has never let others quiet his voice. "What impresses me most about John Smelcer, aside from his powerful writing, is his indomitable spirit. Willful Ignorance of Bullies Who Attacked Ethnicity, the University of Alaska Anchorage, the End of a Controversy, and the ![]()
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