LEADER 03589nam 22005293 450 001 9910162691903321 005 20240727060233.0 010 $a1-939904-07-2 035 $a(CKB)3810000000102098 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31553694 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31553694 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000102098 100 $a20240727d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aChoctalking on Other Realities 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLa Vergne :$cAunt Lute Books,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013. 215 $avii, 195 pages $cillustrations ;$d22 cm 311 $a1-879960-90-7 327 $a"My Mothers, My Uncles, Myself"-A Prologue -- The Story of America, a Tribalography -- The Chaos of Angels -- Moccasins Dont Have High Heels -- How I Lost Ten Pounds -- Choctalking on Other Realities -- Carlos Castaneda Lives in Romania -- I Fuck Up in Japan -- Yaa Jordan, Yaa Ayouni -- Embodied Tribalography. 330 $a"As LeAnne Howe puts it, "The American Indian adventure stories in Choctalking on Other Realities are three parts memoir, one part tragedy, one part absurdist fiction, and one part 'marvelous realism.'" The stories in this book "form the heart of [Howe's] life's journey, so far," chronicling the contradictions, absurdities, and sometimes tragedies in a life lived crossing cultures and borders. Section one is comprised of three stories about Howe's life in the 1980s working in the bond business for a Wall Street firm. Part of an otherwise all-male group of "guerrilla warfare bond traders," Howe was the only American Indian woman, and (out) democrat, in the company. Section two is about her life in the early 1990s traveling abroad as what she calls an "International Tonto" to places like Jordan, Jerusalem, and Romania, and to Japan, where she served as an American Indian representative during the United Nations' "International Year For The World's Indigenous People." Section three reaches back into Howe's experiences in the 1950s as an "unruly Indian girl" as well as the later evolution of her political consciousness and her activism. The epilogue, "A Tribalography," is a literary discussion of how to read Native and indigenous stories. LeAnne Howe is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation and writes fiction, poetry, screenplays, and creative nonfiction, primarily dealing with American Indian experiences. In 2012 she was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas. Her first novel Shell Shaker received an American Book Award. "--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aIndians of North America 606 $aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / Native American$2bisacsh 606 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Native Americans$2bisacsh 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies$2bisacsh 606 $aHISTORY / Native American$2bisacsh 615 0$aIndians of North America. 615 7$aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / Native American. 615 7$aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Native Americans. 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies. 615 7$aHISTORY / Native American. 676 $a814/.6 676 $aB 686 $aLCO013000$aBIO028000$aSOC021000$aHIS028000$2bisacsh 700 $aHowe$b LeAnne$01180526 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162691903321 996 $aChoctalking on other realities$92881408 997 $aUNINA