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PRAIRIE MARY Books by Mary Scriver
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ONE WINDY DAY By Mary Scriver
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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
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DOG CATCHING IN AMERICA By Mary Strachan Scriver
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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
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VALIER SEASONS By Mary Scriver
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In the tradition of May Sarton, but rather more technical, this journal formed as a blog. The author retired to a small Montana town to write. Sometimes the most dramatic events were simply weather... More > and the seasons.< Less
BLACKFEET PAPER TRAILS: Timelines and Bibliographies More Detail
BLACKFEET PAPER TRAILS: Timelines and Bibliographies By Mary Strachan Scriver
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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
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Blackfeet Rez Guide By Mary Strachan Scriver
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This is a guide to the reservation that is unlike any other, for it concentrates on the terrain over a very long time-period. The consequences of ancient glaciers and volcanoes, the residue of seas,... More > the paths worn by erosion and ancestors, are marked here.< Less
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DOG CATCHING IN AMERICA By Mary Strachan Scriver
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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
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RESERVATION BLACKFEET By Mary Strachan Scriver
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This is a research aid for persons just beginning to do history or needing a quick overview of Blackfeet history. It consists of the original 1855 Treaty in full, but only notes on three major... More > documents that are hard to find or hard to read: The Foley Report, which is an indictment of the US management of the reservation from its beginning; a history of the Holy Family Mission which was a master's thesis by Hugh Black; and Paul C. Rosier's academic study of the tribal council called "Rebirth of the Blackfeet Nation, 1912-1954. These are not anthropological materials, but discussions of organization and progress.< Less
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Demeter and her Daughters By Mary Scriver
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The ancient story of Demeter, goddess of agriculture, (sometimes called Ceres the source of our word, cereal), and her daughter (who might be one of several possibilities, like Persephone,... More > Proserpine, Kore) and how the daughter was kidnapped by Hades/Pluto, the god of death and the underworld, is so old and durable it has been told many times. This version is a Western. Many of the ancient features (bees sacred to Demeter, a black horse, a black dog, her friend Hecate) have been included but translated into a slightly different form. Those "in the know" will have fun recognizing these. Those just beginning to read mythology will have handholds for more formal studies.< Less
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VALIER SEASONS By Mary Scriver
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In the tradition of May Sarton, but rather more technical, this journal formed as a blog. The author retired to a small Montana town to write. Sometimes the most dramatic events were simply weather... More > and the seasons.< Less
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Strachans on the Prairie By Mary Scriver
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Archibald Strachan and his family homesteaded in South Dakota, then in Swan River, Manitoba. This is an account of the homes they occupied, plus a bit about the inhabitants.

About Mary Scriver

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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 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 writes with Tim Barrus, that scandalous man, and also by herself. She knows a LOT of stories. Check out www.prairiemary.blogspot.com.