Simon Ortiz
February 3, 1992
 

"Native American writers have to be responsible to that source of who they are. It is an advocacy position, you know, to be able to continue as who we are, to sustain ourselves, and to be nourished by our cultural source. You have to be an advocate, but an advocate who is responsible."


Introduction
(By Yuxef Abana, Joni Clarke, and Susan Stevens)
Seminar Transcript (HTML version)
Seminar Transcript (.pdf version)
"The Politics of Language" (Andrew Peterson article for the Tucson Weekly)
"A Story of How a Wall Stands" (text and video)
"A Story of How a Wall Stands" (text and audio)