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PULLING DOWN THE CLOUDS

By: Series: Native American Writers SeriesPublication details: 2007; Smithsonian InstitutionDescription: Audio CD; Apprx. 62 Total Min. 20 Individual segmentsSubject(s): Summary: 15 contemporary Native American writers read their work on this audio CD. An annual event since 2004, it was recorded during the first two seasons, from 2004 to 2006 at the NMAI Museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC. 20 Segments 1: N. Scott Momaday - excerpt from "The Voices of Encounter". (6:23 Min.); 2: Louise Erdrich - excerpt from "The Painted Drum". (6:24 Min.) 3: Sherwin Bitsui - "Flood Song" (2:00 Min.) 4: Ofelia Zepeda - "Pulling Down The Clouds" (1:03 Min.) 5: Karenne Wood - "Homeland" (1:53 Min.) 6: Simono Ortiz - excerpt from "Memory, History, and the Present". (3:43 Min.) 7: Simon Ortiz - "A Picture" (2:38 Min.) 8: Jim Northrup - "Wahbegan", "Ogichidaa", Gulf Oil", and "Shrinking Away (4:35 Min.). 9: Joy Harjo - "Eagle Song (4:32 Min.). 10: M. L. Smoker - "Casualties" (1:56 Min.). 11: Duncan Primeaux - "Love in a Time of Cable" (3:09 Min.). 12: Debra Magpie Earling - "excerpt from "Florence Claiming Blood: (3:35 Min.). 13: Joy Harjo - "Letter to Lawson or Mvskokes Were There When Jazz Was Invented" (3:20 Min.) 14: Tomson Highway - "excerpt from the play"Dry Lips Oughta Move To Kapuskasing" (3:23 Min.) 15: Tomson Highway - excerpt from the play "The Rez Sisters" 2:17 Min.) 16: LeAnne Howe - "American Indians Attempt to Assinate Indian Mascot" (1:30 Min.) 17: Nora Marks Dauenhauer - "How To Make Good Baked Salmon from the River" 7:32 Min.) 18: LeAnne Howe - "Indians Never Say Goodbye" (5:28 Min.) 19: Susan Power - excerpt from "Queen of the Heavens" in Our Lady of the Lakes. 20: Jim Northrup - "End of the Beginning" (:40 seconds)
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15 contemporary Native American writers read their work on this audio CD. An annual event since 2004, it was recorded during the first two seasons, from 2004 to 2006 at the NMAI Museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC. 20 Segments 1: N. Scott Momaday - excerpt from "The Voices of Encounter". (6:23 Min.); 2: Louise Erdrich - excerpt from "The Painted Drum". (6:24 Min.) 3: Sherwin Bitsui - "Flood Song" (2:00 Min.) 4: Ofelia Zepeda - "Pulling Down The Clouds" (1:03 Min.) 5: Karenne Wood - "Homeland" (1:53 Min.) 6: Simono Ortiz - excerpt from "Memory, History, and the Present". (3:43 Min.) 7: Simon Ortiz - "A Picture" (2:38 Min.) 8: Jim Northrup - "Wahbegan", "Ogichidaa", Gulf Oil", and "Shrinking Away (4:35 Min.). 9: Joy Harjo - "Eagle Song (4:32 Min.). 10: M. L. Smoker - "Casualties" (1:56 Min.). 11: Duncan Primeaux - "Love in a Time of Cable" (3:09 Min.). 12: Debra Magpie Earling - "excerpt from "Florence Claiming Blood: (3:35 Min.). 13: Joy Harjo - "Letter to Lawson or Mvskokes Were There When Jazz Was Invented" (3:20 Min.) 14: Tomson Highway - "excerpt from the play"Dry Lips Oughta Move To Kapuskasing" (3:23 Min.) 15: Tomson Highway - excerpt from the play "The Rez Sisters" 2:17 Min.) 16: LeAnne Howe - "American Indians Attempt to Assinate Indian Mascot" (1:30 Min.) 17: Nora Marks Dauenhauer - "How To Make Good Baked Salmon from the River" 7:32 Min.) 18: LeAnne Howe - "Indians Never Say Goodbye" (5:28 Min.) 19: Susan Power - excerpt from "Queen of the Heavens" in Our Lady of the Lakes. 20: Jim Northrup - "End of the Beginning" (:40 seconds)

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