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Audio Recording Ray Young Bear reads and discusses Wichihaka/The One I Live With on August 26, 2020. Wichihaka : The One I Live With

Ray Young Bear reads and discusses Wichihaka/The One I Live With
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Title

  • Ray Young Bear reads and discusses Wichihaka/The One I Live With on August 26, 2020.

Other Title

  • Wichihaka : The One I Live With

Summary

  • Ray Young Bear reads and discusses his word-song "Wichihaka/The One I Live With" on August 26, 2020, from his home on the Meskwaki Settlement in Iowa. Young Bear, a Meskwaki (Red Earth People) tribal member, lives in central Iowa. He is a writer, artist, photographer and musician. In 2015, his book, Manifestation Wolverine: The Collected Poetry of Ray Young Bear, was published by Open Road Media. His bilingual poems and songs have been featured in The New Yorker, The Iowa Review, Under a Warm Green Linden and Native Voices, an anthology by Tupelo Press. In 2020, his poems were included in When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry, edited by Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate.

Names

  • Young Bear, Ray A., author, speaker.
  • Library of Congress. Poetry and Literature Center, sponsor.

Created / Published

  • 2020.

Headings

  • -  American poetry--Indian authors
  • -  American poetry--21st century
  • -  Indians of North America--Poetry

Genre

  • Poetry
  • Poetry readings (Sound recordings)
  • Sound recordings
  • Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020

Notes

  • -  Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry (AFC 2020/004: 41) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  In Meskwaki and English.

Medium

  • 1 audio file (0:07:09) : digital, m4a
  • 1 photograph : digital, jpg, color
  • 2 manuscripts (3 pages) : digital, pdf

Source Collection

  • Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry AFC 2020/004

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020785241

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  • Ray Young Bear, "Wichihaka/The One I Live With" from Manifestation Wolverine: The Collected Poetry of Ray Young Bear (Open Road Media, 2015). Copyright © by Ray Young Bear. Reprinted with the permission of the author. Photo courtesy of the author.

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Credit line: Living Nations, Living Words (AFC 2020/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Young Bear, Ray A., Author, Speaker, and Sponsor Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center. Ray Young Bear reads and discusses Wichihaka/The One I Live With on. 2020. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020785241/.

APA citation style:

Young Bear, R. A. & Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center, S. (2020) Ray Young Bear reads and discusses Wichihaka/The One I Live With on. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020785241/.

MLA citation style:

Young Bear, Ray A., Author, Speaker, and Sponsor Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center. Ray Young Bear reads and discusses Wichihaka/The One I Live With on. 2020. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020785241/>.