As a non-fiction essayist and poet I write and publish articles on indigenous, environmental,
and health topics for academic, popular, and community-based publications.
Recent Publications:
and health topics for academic, popular, and community-based publications.
Recent Publications:
My first book, an edited anthology, Original Instructions – Indigenous Teachings For A Sustainable Future was published in 2008 (Inner Traditions / Bear & Company).
I edited this book from Native American talks given at the Bioneers Conference over the past fifteen years. Contributors include the late John Mohawk, Chief Oren Lyons, Winona LaDuke, Jeannette Armstrong, Katsi Cook, and John Trudell.
Read "Instructions for a Healthier Planet"
a SF State News web story about the anthology
I edited this book from Native American talks given at the Bioneers Conference over the past fifteen years. Contributors include the late John Mohawk, Chief Oren Lyons, Winona LaDuke, Jeannette Armstrong, Katsi Cook, and John Trudell.
Read "Instructions for a Healthier Planet"
a SF State News web story about the anthology
2008: More Than One Mask: The Context of NAGPRA for Museums and Tribes,
Edward M. Luby and Melissa K. Nelson.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal 32:4 (2008) 85 – 105. PDF
2008: Rivers of Memory, Lakes of Survival: Native American Water Traditions and the Anishinaabeg Nation.
Edited by Alison Deming and Lauret Savoy, Milkweed Press. In Deep Blue: Critical Reflections on Nature Religion and Water.
Edited by Sylvie Shaw & Andrew Francis.
To be published by Equinox Publishing, London, England.
I will also be editing a special issue of the American Indian Culture & Research Journal:
'"Decolonizing Our Bodies / Nourishing Our Spirits” – American Indian Health Recovery in the 21st Century.
Special Issue of the American Indian Culture & Research Journal, University of California, Los Angeles.
Call For Papers PDF
Other selected publications include:
2006: Oral Tradition, Identity, and Inter-generational Healing Through the Southern Paiute Salt Songs.
In Cultural Representation and Contestation in Native America.
Edited by Andrew Jolivette. Berkeley: AltaMira Press. PDF
2006: Ravens, Storms, and the Ecological Indian at the National Museum of the American Indian.
Wicaso Sa Review, 21, no. 2. PDF
2002: [Reprint] Becoming Métis. The Colors of Nature – Culture, Identity, and the Natural World.
Edited by Alison H. Deming and Lauret E. Savoy. Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Edward M. Luby and Melissa K. Nelson.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal 32:4 (2008) 85 – 105. PDF
2008: Rivers of Memory, Lakes of Survival: Native American Water Traditions and the Anishinaabeg Nation.
Edited by Alison Deming and Lauret Savoy, Milkweed Press. In Deep Blue: Critical Reflections on Nature Religion and Water.
Edited by Sylvie Shaw & Andrew Francis.
To be published by Equinox Publishing, London, England.
I will also be editing a special issue of the American Indian Culture & Research Journal:
'"Decolonizing Our Bodies / Nourishing Our Spirits” – American Indian Health Recovery in the 21st Century.
Special Issue of the American Indian Culture & Research Journal, University of California, Los Angeles.
Call For Papers PDF
Other selected publications include:
2006: Oral Tradition, Identity, and Inter-generational Healing Through the Southern Paiute Salt Songs.
In Cultural Representation and Contestation in Native America.
Edited by Andrew Jolivette. Berkeley: AltaMira Press. PDF
2006: Ravens, Storms, and the Ecological Indian at the National Museum of the American Indian.
Wicaso Sa Review, 21, no. 2. PDF
2002: [Reprint] Becoming Métis. The Colors of Nature – Culture, Identity, and the Natural World.
Edited by Alison H. Deming and Lauret E. Savoy. Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
