Rebel Poet: More Stories from a 21st Century Indian

113 Pages·2019·3.576 MB·English

by  Louis V. Clark III (Two Shoes)

Rebel Poet
Also by Louis V. Clark III (Two Shoes)
How to Be an Indian in the 21st Century
Rebel Poet
(Continuing the Oral Tradition)
More Stories from a 21st Century Indian
LOUIS V. CLARK III
(Two Shoes)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Clark, Louis V., III, author.
Title: Rebel poet : more stories from a 21st century Indian / Louis V. Clark III
(Two Shoes).
Description: [Madison, Wisconsin] : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2019]
Identifiers: LCCN 2019009253 (print) | LCCN 2019013279 (ebook) | ISBN
9780870209307 (e-book) | ISBN 9780870209291 | ISBN 9780870209291
(paperback :alk. paper) | ISBN 9780870209307 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Clark, Louis V., III. | Clark, Louis V., III—Poetry. | Oneida Indians—
Wisconsin—Biography. | Oneida Indians—Poetry. | Indians of North America—
Wisconsin—Biography.
Classification: LCC PS3603.L36526 (e-book) | LCC PS3603.L36526 Z46 2019
(print) | DDC 811/.6 [B]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019009253
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for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1992.
To my wife, Debbie
Thank you for dancing
Across the rainbowed path
Of my dreams, my hopes
My wishes
To our destiny
Amongst the stars

Contents
Kanuhwelatuksla . . . 1
I . . . 3
II . . . 7
III . . . 15
IV . . . 57
V . . . 81
Epilogue . . . 99
Acknowledgments . . . 103
About the Author . . . 104

Kanuhwelatuksla
Traditional Oneida Thanksgiving Prayer
Now listen to the words that come before all else.
We bring together our minds and give thanks to one another.
So be it our minds.
We bring together our minds and give thanks to our Mother
the Earth, for the life she gives.
So be it our minds.
We bring together our minds and give thanks for the first fruits
that grow, the strawberry.
So be it our minds.
We bring together our minds and give thanks for all the
medicines.
So be it our minds.
We bring together our minds and give thanks to the tobacco
we use to send our messages to the Creator.
So be it our minds.
We bring together our minds and give thanks to all the different
animals that help sustain our lives.
So be it our minds.
We bring together our minds and give thanks to all the different
trees, the maple is the most special of all.
So be it our minds.
We bring together our minds and give thanks to all the waters
great and small.
So be it our minds.
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