Comments on: POEM: I am not an Indian http://jasoncrane.org/2010/02/18/poem-i-am-not-an-indian/ Poetry, politics and jazz. But mostly poetry. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:20:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sylvia Barnard http://jasoncrane.org/2010/02/18/poem-i-am-not-an-indian/comment-page-1/#comment-30223 Sylvia Barnard Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:21:25 +0000 http://jasoncrane.org/?p=1259#comment-30223 I have more and closer native ancestry 'from the northern part of the New York tribe' according to my cousin's yellowing typescript handed on from some early 20th century ancestor.(Presumably some type of Iroquois.) I have never got any brownie points for being Indian, English, Episcopalian, or any of the ethno-religious identifications for which Americans get brownie points,but I am really angry today about the Declaration of Independence calling my ancestors 'merciless savages.' Copies of the D of I are showing up on the internet today in writing too small to read. If you google it, you can read the whole bloody thing. I have more and closer native ancestry ‘from the northern part of the New York tribe’ according to my cousin’s yellowing typescript handed on from some early 20th century ancestor.(Presumably some type of Iroquois.) I have never got any brownie points for being Indian, English, Episcopalian, or any of the ethno-religious identifications for which Americans get brownie points,but I am really angry today about the Declaration of Independence calling my ancestors ‘merciless savages.’ Copies of the D of I are showing up on the internet today in writing too small to read. If you google it, you can read the whole bloody thing.

]]> By: jasoncrane.org » Two days of poetry (part 1): Avon, NY http://jasoncrane.org/2010/02/18/poem-i-am-not-an-indian/comment-page-1/#comment-21720 jasoncrane.org » Two days of poetry (part 1): Avon, NY Fri, 07 May 2010 13:49:47 +0000 http://jasoncrane.org/?p=1259#comment-21720 [...] I went next, reading a new poem, “The Last Piece Of Ice Under The Sky” along with “I Am Not An Indian.” [...] [...] I went next, reading a new poem, “The Last Piece Of Ice Under The Sky” along with “I Am Not An Indian.” [...]

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