Have you ever heard of Peter Paul
Wz8khalain? Probably not. But over the last
several years, as I’ve become more familiar
with his life story, the journeys he took, and
the work he did during that complex span
of some 90 years, I’ve come to consider
him one of indigenous America’s most
fascinating early writers and publishers.
He also was a true Native son of New
York State, born in the Adirondacks on the
Raquette River around 1800.
Identity
Arab American Heritage Month
This blog post is courtesy of New York Folklore Board Member and Arab Artist, Nada Odeh. Learn more about Nada and her work on her website https://www.nadaodeh.com. Arabic Heritage Month One of the things that I like to celebrate as an Arab is Arabic calligraphy,...
ALN8BL8MO: A Native Voice
It was Arthur C. Parker
who, through his extensive writing, his
professional career as a museologist (his
own description of his work), and as an
activist, did much to dispel the stereotypes
about Indians that characterized his time
and make visible to the wider world the
history and the contributions of the
Haudenosaunee.
Book Review
The essays in this volume address queer identity and sexuality in such varied places as Mennonite mummers’ plays and Chinese folklore. In case the reader was about to dismiss the writings as not relevant to contemporary American life, rockabilly culture and cinematic interpretations of the Brothers Grimm are also covered.
Rafael Hernández and the Puerto Rican Legacy of the 369th Regiment’s Harlem Hellfighters
The Seven Trees and Ramapough Ethnicity
Ethnicity, Nostalgia, Affirmation: The Rhetoric of Italian American Identity
The author explores how Italian American identity is expessed through religious belief, language, and memory.