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Originally Posted by issybird
I'll eliminate Love Medicine which I read decades ago but after that, I'm not sure yet how I'll narrow my choices. Wonderful list.
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I've never read, or even hear of any of these except for the
Life of Black Hawk. Never really read that either, I've just read passages and quotes from it in other books, articles, . . . . With two reservations of Ojibwe within in 100 miles of me (including one that is home to a favorite public radio station (
http://www.wojb.org/) as well as several friends that are at least in part of Ojibwe descent
Love Medicine has to get a vote from me. They all look so interesting though, with a real cross-section of Native American peoples.
Just something I encountered recently that may be of interest:
Interactive Native American Culture Map of North America
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Originally Posted by sun surfer
Thanks for volunteering BelleZora! Your selections look very interesting and I love the Native American Indian theme. I would rather we had waited until the first to have the list posted but I understand the dilemma you had and think it was very nice of you to volunteer even though you'll be away these next few days.
The nominations BelleZora posted are the definitive group for February and we'll let them sit a few days until the first, when I'll post the poll for them (to keep on schedule so that any member who might not check for a poll until after the first won't miss it).
Just to be clear, though you may already know it - the list was basically "restarted" (actually more like simply started) with the rotating months and any past lottery wins aren't included. So at the moment, a list would look more like this:
sun surfer August 2013
Bookpossum October 2013
fantasyfan December 2013
BelleZora February 2014
As such, fantasyfan had won a lottery month in 2012 I believe but was free to volunteer anytime he wanted in the rotating months, as he did in December. So you and issybird (and beppe, wherever under the sun beppe may be) can volunteer anytime you wish. I understand issybird's desire to wait until more people go who've never won a lottery month and who haven't volunteered for a rotating month yet, or who haven't even had a regular book nomination win a month yet, and think it's very gracious, though I'd be happy whenever issybird or you or any member volunteers since as long as we all eventually do it's all the same in the end no matter the order. I'll also add that anytime there's a request for a volunteer and more than a few days pass without a taker, I'd encourage any member big or small who hasn't volunteered for a rotating month yet that's considering it to go ahead and do so if they wish.  |
Thank you for the corrections and clarifications Sun Surfer.
I hope you did not mind my post, I was just trying to get the party started.
Actually if no one had stepped up by September 30 I was going to do so myself. I already had a theme selected. Another time then.