Cultural arrangements for human relationships are heavily coded for sex identification, generatively, economics, disease, violence, families and war. So many new discoveries (birth control, Viagra,... More > in vitro conception, mosaic genetics, surrogate mothers, equal pay for equal work, global population mixing plus edgy media influence and the shift from binaries to spectrums) that much needs to be rethought.< Less
These excerpts are from the blog called "www.prairiemary.blogspot.com." They were written throughout the years from 2005 to 2014, noting seasonal changes and philosophizing about them. ... More > They include science, history, and other researchable subjects like potholes or botany.< Less
This is a reader's companion to a controversial trilogy of books by Tim Barrus published under the nom de plume of Nasdijj. Discussion is limited to the actual writing rather than comment on the... More > writer. This man is a poet and social activist with a lifelong dedication to the welfare of children, especially boys at risk.< Less
These are the film reviews published on the blog called www.prairiemary.blogspot.com over a period of years. Many of them about sex, love, and/or Blackfeet Indians.
These are stories all based in Blackfeet Country (Edmonton to Yellowstone, Rockies to Black Hills) but in very different time periods from pre-contact to the present. They are meant to be examples... More > for the Blackfeet to use in writing their own stories.< Less
This is a compendium of particular use to animal control officers and those trying to manage animal control law enforcement. It is based on real-life "war stories" from thirty-five years... More > ago when Mike Burgwin was just beginning to work at professionalizing this special subdivision of police work and separate it from humane societies. People tell every "dog catcher," they should write a book. Well -- I DID! Some of it is outrageous. Some of it is pretty philosophical. It is NOT conventional!< Less
This book was written by the 7th grade of Heart Butte School, Montana, in 1990. Heart Butte is in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains on the Blackfeet Reservation. The story was developed at the... More > rate of one chapter per week in the same way that television sit-coms are written: as a group sitting around a table and discussing. The actual words were typed by Mary Scriver, the teacher. The story is about the yearning to belong and to be loved and reflects the lives that these students knew.< Less
This reference aid is in three parts.
Part one is several essays, one 19th century and two 21st century.
Part two is a bibliography about the Blackfeet.
Part three is a time-line.
Keep this at your... More > elbow while you read or write about the Blackfeet and it will be very helpful.< Less
Mary Scriver came to the Blackfeet Reservation on the east slope of the Rocky Mountains in 1961 to teach high school English. Falling in with the legendary sculptor, Bob Scriver, who was old enough to be her father, she learned to chase buffalo, cast bronze, skin bears, and write. Change tires, participate in ceremonies, and write. And write. And write.
When she left, she became the first female animal control officer in Portland, OR. And wrote. Then she went to the University of Chicago where she earned an MA in Religious Studies and ministerial fellowship in the Unitarian Universalist denomination and wrote. Her ministry was on the high plains of Montana and Saskatchewan. After other adventures and more writing, she managed to return to the edge of the Blackfeet Reservation, where she writes.
It's not a retirement, it's a life. She knows a LOT of stories. Check out www.prairiemary.blogspot.com.
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