Nancy M. Peterson
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News & NotesAnnie Dawid, recently professor of English at Lewis and Clark College, named "She Turned Visions into Realities," an excerpt from Walking in Two Worlds: Mixed-Blood Indian Women Seeking Their Path, the first place winner in the Essay/ She says, "Beautiful work, and a story that needs to be told, now." Half-blood Linda Gruno, whose father was Creek and mother Irish, writes to the author, "I understand how hard it is to be part of two cultures. Unfortunately, one is never quite fully embraced by either one. For my Indian relatives, I am too white. For my white relatives, I am not white enough. For myself, I am just right." She adds, "I wish this book had been available to me when I was growing up. It would have helped me greatly."  The Western Writers of America's anthology The Way West, contains Nancy M. Peterson's story of Indian writer Zitkala-Sa's involvement in The Sun Dance opera. It is listed in Google Book Search. The author presented a program for the Columbine United Church Book Club at 12:30 pm on Thursday, May 22, 2008. The group meets at the Columbine United Church, 6375 S. Platte Canyon Rd. in Littleton. Nancy will be speaking a the Grant Avenue Methodist Church, 216 S. Grant St., at 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 10. The John Neihardt State Historic Site, a museum and education center dedicated to the life and work of Neihardt, Nebrask's Poet Lauareate, has asked Nancy M. Peterson to speak about the Missouri River's early history, which she wrote about in her second book, People of the Troubled Water. She will also discuss the lives of some of the women profiled in her book, Walking in Two Worlds: Mixed-Blood Indian women Seeking Their Path. Also in the 2008 program, presented annualy on John Neihardt Day, August 3, will be an oral presentation of Neihardt's poetry and an Indian flutist. The site of the outdoor program is located at Neihardt's former studio in Bancroft, Nebraska, north of Lincoln, Nebraska . |
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