Talk:Gerald Vizenor
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[edit] Vizenor's prolific output
The statement that Vizenor is the most published Native writer needs support. As a matter of fact, I believe he remains behind Robert Conley (Cherokee) in number of books. He certainly was behind Conley when I counted the total output of both in the late 1990s. JStripes 01:19, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- He also remains behind Diane Glancy - I have removed the incorrect statement. Vizjim 06:32, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Wow! Diane Glancy has more! I had no idea she had been so busy. JStripes 12:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
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- It's a ridiculous number - she's got well in excess of 30 books. Vizjim 13:43, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Belladonna
Was a belief in racial separatism the reason Belladonna was poisoned by the hunters and breeders at Orion? When she was served the poisoned cookies, a breeder explained, "when questions are unanswered and there is no humor the messages become terminal creeds, and the good hunters and breeders here seek nothing that is terminal . . . So the questioners become celebrants when there is nothing more to learn" (Darkness, p.193; Bearheart: Heirship, p.197). Indeed, Louis Owens sides with her interrogators, suggesting that Vizenor employs them to deconstruct her utterance of "Indian identity" (Other Destinies, p.7). JStripes 04:06, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Would you be willing to reword the interpretation? Vizjim 06:33, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- It will be difficult to do without drawing on my unpublished dissertation, but perhaps I'll find a way.
[edit] University of Minnesota
Where does the information that U Minn. American Indian studies ceased to exist originate? As you can see from the reference I've added, the department exists. That isn't to say that it always has existed. Where, specifically, does he satirize the department in his fictions? We should have a reference there. JStripes 12:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
It does appear that the Department of American Indian Studies at U Minnesota had only indirect funding (professors employed in other departments) 1990-1997. See http://www.cla.umn.edu/amerind/heritage.htm. I don't see much reason for putting Vizenpr's notion that this is a "failed department" into the body of the article unless he has said so in print in some substantial way. JStripes 16:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
