Roosevelt Town, NY: n/p, 1984. Original Manuscript. Inscribed & signed by Peter Blue Cloud to Thomas Rain Crowe. “Peter was of Iroquois Native American descent, of the Beat-era generation, and was a descendant of a tribe in Southern Canada. He was living up on the San Juan Ridge in the community surrounding Gary Snyder and the Kuksu group of poets. He had married a younger woman who was part of..... More

Osnabruck, Germany: Osnabruck Bilingual Editions of Minority Authors/ VC-Verlagscooperative, 1991. First Edition Thus. Softcover. "In carefully selecting and translating some of (Peter Blue Cloud's) poems and stories, we have tried to reflect the author's special eye, his holistic view, his mind going back and forth, perceiving in circles and cycles without overlooking reality, obstacles in the history of the Natives themselves and of mankind. We have tried to follow his..... More

New York, NY, USA: Strawberry Press, 1984. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed, signed & dated by Peter Blue Cloud to Thomas Rain Crowe. "A knot of cedar/ the flames lick to dancing/ ancient fingers/ rub time the polished staff/ of tales/ bedded in sage myths/ our tongues/ taste tomorrow." ("Fire Tale," unpaginated) A collection of poems by Peter Blue Cloud (Aroniawenrate, 1933-2011), the acclaimed & award-winning Native American/ First (Mohawk)..... More

St. Regis Mohawk Reservation: Akwesasnes Notes, 1978. First Edition. Newspaper. Akwesasne is a Mohawk Nation territory that straddles the international border between the United States and Canada, along the St. Lawrence River in New York, Ontario, and Quebec. In Mohawk the name Akwesasne means "Land Where the Partridge Drums", referring to the rich wildlife in the area. Akwesasne Notes was a Native American newspaper founded in 1968 on the St..... More

Brunswick, ME: Blackberry, 1978. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "Now we are the limits of the mind collapsed/ coming into the knowledge in a green place/ face and stranger apparitions/ crossing the peripheries of sight" (Janine Pommy Vega, "Ring Fort," first stanza, unpaginated) This number of the literary journal edited by Gary Lawless (b. 1951), the noted poet, editor, publisher & bookseller who is a lifelong resident of Maine, features two..... More