But We Danced, Under Wigs

Because I'm An American, I Know There's All Sorts Of International Folks Who Would Gladly Kidnap And Behead Me.

All I Try To Do Is Portray Indians As We Are, In Creative Ways. With Imagination And Poetry. I Think A Lot Of Native American Literature Is Stuck In One Idea: Sort Of Spiritual, Environmentalist Indians. And I Want To Portray Everyday Lives. I Think By Doing That, By Portraying The Ordinary Lives Of Indians, Perhaps People Learn Something New.

When You Read A Piece Of Writing That You Admire, Send A Note Of Thanks To The Author.

At Least Half The Country Thinks The Mascot Issue Is Insignificant. But I Think It's Indicative Of The Ways In Which Indians Have No Cultural Power. We're Still Placed In The Past. So We're Either In The Past Or We're Only Viewed Through Casinos.

Pain Is Never Added To Pain. It Multiplies.