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PODCAST–DON’T JUST WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW

My podcast episode for A World Without Books has been published! You can listen on Apple, Spotify, and at this link: https://pastforward.org/blogs/micro-podcast/sonia-antaki

In addition, Red Dove, Run Through the Fire has been listed on the site’s online bookstore. It can be purchased here: https://pastforward.org/blogs/micro-podcast/sonia-antaki

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RED BIRD–ZITKALA SA

People had questions regarding last week’s post about Zitkala Sa, or Red Bird, the inspiration for the fictional character of Red Dove, so here’s more on this exceptional woman:

https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/xenophobia-and-racism/zitkala-sa/

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LARISSA FASTHORSE AND ZITKALA SA

Larissa FastHorse is Broadway’s First Native American Female Playwright (That We Know Of)

https://playbill.com/article/larissa-fasthorse-is-broadways-first-native-american-female-playwright-that-we-know-of

But long before Larissa FastHorse wrote The Thanksgiving Play, Zitkala Sa (the real-life Red Bird on whom the character of Red Dove is based) wrote The Sundance Opera, which was also performed on Broadway–but it was her collaborator William Hanson who got the credit.

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3027&context=greatplainsquarterly

https://orchestraonenyc.org/composer-spotlight-zitkala-sa/gertrude-simmons

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/An+operatic+skeleton+on+the+western+frontier%3A+Zitkala-Sa%2C+William+F….-a082092548

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THE TORCH IS PASSED

Tina Henson (left) is the new program director of the the Livermore American Indian Center. The center was founded by Henson’s grandmother Mary Puthoff (right).

Henson said she was honored to take the reins of a program her grandmother led since 1978.

LAIC exists to provide K-12 students of Native American heritage with academic and cultural support tailored to their needs. The resource center was founded by local Native American families in 1973 after the passage of the 1972 Indian Education Act. Puthoff, who was born on the Rosebud Lakota reservation in South Dakota, later took the helm and remained in the leadership position until last year.

“I grew up in this center — had it as part of my entire life — and I think it provides so many opportunities,” Henson said. “I can’t wait to provide that for the next generation … but the center has been around for so long, and most of the time, when I do an event, people come up and they’ve lived here for years and never knew there was a program, so one of my goals is to change that.”

“We had kids from over 100 different tribes in our program,” Puthoff said. “We did what we could to help families educate their children and know their culture.”

Puthoff hopes the knowledge passed on in the center will continue to uplift and support native children, while eradicating stereotypes.

https://www.independentnews.com/culture/livermore-american-indian-center-under-new-management/article_f4e706d4-9d8e-11ed-95e9-7f627e179dca.html

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RED DOVE–THE TRILOGY

The entire Red Dove Trilogy is now available in hardcover.

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THANK YOU, INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW!

“Compassion is the ultimate superpower. Run Through the Fire teaches the lesson that to be a person who gets heard, you must be a person who listens… This book is energetic, heartfelt, and honest: a great finale for the trilogy…”

Thank you Samantha Hui at Independent Book Review for a wonderful review. For more go to ‘Reviews’ at https://soniaantaki.com

REVIEWS FOR RED DOVE, RUN THROUGH THE FIRE ARE COMING IN

“From the first page my attention was held…”

“I thoroughly enjoyed reading Red Dove, Run through the Fire… This beautifully written book is a fascinating ending to the trilogy. I recommend all three Red Dove books for young and old…”

“This was another great entry in the Red Dove Trilogy series, it had what I enjoyed from the previous books. Sonia Antaki does a great job in telling the story and (making) each book be a cohesive series..”

“Even though this is the third book in a series. I don’t feel like I missed much. However I do plan on going back and reading the first two books in the series. And I recommend that other readers do the same…”

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