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Gerald Vizenor quotes: The first Western teacher of English in Japan was a Native American.

The first Western teacher of English in Japan was a Native American.

Gerald Vizenor quotes: Life is a chance, a story is a chance. That I am here is a chance.

Life is a chance, a story is a chance. That I am here is a chance.

Gerald Vizenor quotes: There are 13 stories in 'The Fencepost Chronicles' about corrupt tribal leaders, trouble on the reserve, survival schemes, and communal drinking.

There are 13 stories in 'The Fencepost Chronicles' about corrupt tribal leaders, trouble on the reserve, survival schemes, and communal drinking.

Gerald Vizenor quotes: It's so difficult to write in motion and get rid of the past tense, and also to create a sense of impermanence.

It's so difficult to write in motion and get rid of the past tense, and also to create a sense of impermanence.

Gerald Vizenor quotes: W. P. Kinsella, who was born on a farm near Edmunton, Alberta, has earned wide recognition for his wild imagination and rash humor as a writer.

W. P. Kinsella, who was born on a farm near Edmunton, Alberta, has earned wide recognition for his wild imagination and rash humor as a writer.

Gerald Vizenor quotes: If you desecrate a white grave, you wind up sitting in prison. But desecrate an Indian grave, and you get a Ph.D.

If you desecrate a white grave, you wind up sitting in prison. But desecrate an Indian grave, and you get a Ph.D.

Gerald Vizenor quotes: I use not casual phrases but imagistic phrases that create a rhythm of natural presence.

I use not casual phrases but imagistic phrases that create a rhythm of natural presence.

Gerald Vizenor quotes: Mixed-bloods loosen the seams in the shrouds of identities.

Mixed-bloods loosen the seams in the shrouds of identities.

Gerald Vizenor quotes: Even the earliest cave paintings in France and Spain had natural motion.

Even the earliest cave paintings in France and Spain had natural motion.

Gerald Vizenor quotes: Race is an invention, not a noticeable genetic presence, and cultural traits are brute concoctions of the social sciences.

Race is an invention, not a noticeable genetic presence, and cultural traits are brute concoctions of the social sciences.

Gerald Vizenor quotes: Naanabozho was the first tribal trickster on the earth.

Naanabozho was the first tribal trickster on the earth.

Gerald Vizenor quotes: Confucius would give his seat to an old woman. Communist cadres, on the other hand, took the best seats and called it a cultural revolution.

Confucius would give his seat to an old woman. Communist cadres, on the other hand, took the best seats and called it a cultural revolution.

Gerald Vizenor quotes: There is a sense of motion and a concise, immediate image in haikus and Anishinaabe dream songs.

There is a sense of motion and a concise, immediate image in haikus and Anishinaabe dream songs.

Gerald Vizenor quotes: The great liberation of imaginative writing is that you're not held back by the facts.

The great liberation of imaginative writing is that you're not held back by the facts.