by the River...

"There are kisses etched as petroglyphs inside the cave of many worlds.

And it is said inside their place of flame an ancient story's told."

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Special edition wide release....

Rivers in Her Eyes
a post colonial story

by antoinette nora claypoole

release date Nov. 2006
isbn pending
$20 USA $24 Canada

Ed Little Crow, Lakota, Dakota talks about Rivers in Her Eyes author...

As part of his endorsement of the project, Ed Little Crow, Lakota/Dakota poet and
former member of the American Indian Movement says of the project and antoinette...

"Antoinette came from back East before the Freedom of Religion Act, before the changes for Indian Children in the Child Welfare System. Back in the 1970's. when she came to Oregon they were still arrresting Indians in small towns. She started working on Indian rights when it was not popular to be Indian. It takes a very special person to do this kind of thing".

AND from Wild Embers Press Collective

"Considered by many as the most tragic acts of genocide since the Indian wars of the 1800's, attempted forced relocation of Dine (Navajo) from their homeland in Arizona is the theme of Rivers in Her Eyes, by antoinette nora claypoole.

Beginning in 1984 the author, antoinette claypoole, helped provide support to those impacted by this U.S. government policy. Rivers In Her Eyes is a fiction book which tells a story of life in such a crisis, based on events which happened to and around the author.

In this historical fiction, antoinette creates a complex and rivetting canvas of story. While using occasional Dine phrases weaving language creatively, the book relies on contemporary history of resistance to relocation AND images and myths from European tribal cultures. With this effect she instills a sense of timelessness in the reader, a universal dream of how to survive these times. As human beings needing one another.

The book includes extensive endnotes,documenting historical facts and actual letters written by Dine resistors, including words written by Roberta Blackgoat and Ruth Bennally as well as a public statement made by Chief Arvol Looking Horse.

Together their work helps the reader understand what we all face in these times."

This work is dedicated to the Dine (Navajo) Grandmothers




who continue to resist forced relocation.
partial proceeds from sales go to families at Big Mtn. Az.

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