Comments for Indigenous New England Literature

Comment on Trace DeMeyer and Blue Hand Books by lara/trace

lara/trace — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:33:27 +0000

Reblogged this on lara and commented: read this review!

Comment on The Boston Children’s Museum as a Native Literary Hub by Fredericka

Fredericka — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:51:53 +0000

Hurrah, that’s what I was searching for, what a stuff! existing here at this weblog, thanks admin of this site.

Comment on Indigenizing Wikipedia by “I Edit Wikipedia” | Vicky Poppins' Bag

“I Edit Wikipedia” | Vicky Poppins' Bag — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:55:36 +0000

[...] I’m lucky in some respect in that I frequent a weird little corner of the wikisphere where any content is good content. (Of course, I do try and write things well and reference accordingly … though there have been a couple of articles where I’ve been so embarrassed by my clunky prose a few months later that I’ve had to clean it up). Hell, as a female from outside the US, I’m a recognised—and wanted—minority. [...]

Comment on Days of DH at Northeastern University, March 18, 2013 by Siobhan Senier

Siobhan Senier — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:49:51 +0000

Agreed! The regional publishers were not interested; and when it comes to Native *literature*, Nebraska is really the best. You can see the web version unfolding here: http://indnewengland.omeka.net/

Comment on Days of DH at Northeastern University, March 18, 2013 by michaelwatsonvt

michaelwatsonvt — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:21:47 +0000

It seems ironic the manuscript had to travel to Nebraska. Thanks for the great work. When do we get to see the web versions?

Comment on Indigenizing Wikipedia by http:Trace A DeMeyer (@Trace15)

http:Trace A DeMeyer (@Trace15) — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:02:27 +0000

Definitely worth a look and try! Thanks for the motivation!

Comment on Indigenizing Wikipedia by Vicky Teinaki (@vickytnz)

Vicky Teinaki (@vickytnz) — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:54:29 +0000

Heck, if you’re contributing from outside the US (or maybe UK), you might as well be indigenous. Which is annoying (there may be glaring gaps) and also rewardings (for the same reasons, in these situations even stubs or starter articles are unlikely to be deleted providing you can adequately reference them and show notability).

Comment on Indigenizing Wikipedia by Siobhan Senier

Siobhan Senier — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:05:30 +0000

Debbie, thanks! Looks like your page was last modified in February, and that (at least as of today) it is still saying (albeit vaguely) that “classics” like Little House “contain bias.” There is a fascinating conversation going on right now on Wikipedia about the takeover (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Feminists_Engage_Wikipedia), with some editors complaining that this is propaganda, and others emphasizing that Wikipedia welcomes all information and perspectives and contributions, as long as they can be properly documented (therein lies part of the rub, of course). I am guessing that having the reference “Reese 2008″ helps your statements about Wilder stick around, but you’re right: everything you post is subject to revision, and unless you put a “watch” on your own pages and edits, and check back periodically, you can miss scurrilous undoings and edits. (PS. looks like one of your cantankerous editors, “Arkelweis,” has actually been chastised for disruptive editing in other cases. Interestingly, the community does have some mechanisms for shutting down people who engage in edit wars or are otherwise disruptive).

Comment on Indigenizing Wikipedia by Debbie Reese

Debbie Reese — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:11:22 +0000

Years ago, I created an “American Indians in Children’s Literature” page. Wikipedia’s transparency is a plus because it allows you to see the conversations that took place. Specifically, the editors didn’t think it was a legitimate topic. I asked for help from two different academic/library communities and their comments persuaded the editor to let the page remain on Wikipedia. One thing to keep in mind is that anyone can edit what you put up there. I haven’t looked recently, but people go in and mess with my critiques of books like LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE (it has stereotypes and bias in it). I experienced that, too, on posts I made to the “Chief Illiniwek” pages. People undo what is there if they don’t like it. The onus is on you to put it back. You aren’t informed when someone edits what you wrote, so its also up to you to check back in to make sure that your work hasn’t been edited.

Comment on UNH Conference by Melody Scamman

Melody Scamman — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:19:53 +0000

I wish I had found this site prior to the 2012 Conference. I do not want to miss the next one! I have a small archive of items and writings. Now that I am old and lame, I feel an increasing need to find local community since moving from NH to Maine. I used to be a volunteer in community development at The Drum, Inc in Manchester, NH in the early days and instrumental in procuring woodlands and a meeting house in Raymond, NH along with Sharon Hunt Gonzales and Mali Keating. Mali passed on and Sharon retired and others took over and I got taxed out of my home in NH and moved 50 miles north into the Lakes Region of Maine. I have become sad over these few years without family and community here. In the past three years, My brother Mike, who was given to the church, finally got at his records and found me. No one told him his ancestory. Not only did he not know he is Abenaki, the church told his adoptive parents he was White! Of course he obviously wasn’t and his adoptive mother could see through the lies and she loved having a Native baby. I explained hiding in plain sight to him. He is kind of a deer in the headlights. I am teaching him to be able to fit in. It is hard. I jokingly call him a Disneyland Indian but in a silly way. We want to write a book about our separation and finding eachother in out 50′s.