Various (Blue Cloud, Peter et al.)

Akwesasne Notes: A Journal for Native and Natural Peoples Vol. 10 No. 2 (Late Spring 1978)

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. Regis Mohawk Reservation. This issue features information on scheduled events, articles on genocide and identity, as well as poetry from Peter Blue Cloud, (Aroniawenrate, 1933-2011), the acclaimed & award-winning Native American/First (Mohawk) Nation Canadian poet-folklorist, and more! From the archive of Thomas Rain Crowe. For more information on the Thomas Rain Crowe archive (assembled & curated by Third Mind Books), see our book, Starting from San Francisco: Thomas Rain Crowe in Conversation with Third Mind Books (Item No. 3071) & the catalog for the Crowe archive (Item No. 1010), which contains several excerpts and quotations from the book as well as a full listing of the archive’s contents, which are now being offered for sale individually on the Third Mind Books site. Newspaper: first edition, first-&-only printing. In relatively fair-to-good condition with significant age-toning and some tearing with paper loss along folded edges; mild tearing to the fine edges and corners. Fair-Good. [Item #7588]

Price: $60.00