![]() “The author of the proposal had constructed a cloud of lofty words around this bill - emancipation, freedom, equality, success - that disguised its truth: termination. Perusing the bill, he immediately sees through its language and recognizes its true intent: In the dark hours of his shift, he reads, reflects, and is visited by memories and the occasional spirit. He is also chair of the Turtle Mountain Band’s advisory committee, the unofficial watchman over the entire tribal community and its way of life. ![]() Thomas is night watchman at the factory on the reservation where “jewel bearings” are made for ammunition and watches. Her grandfather’s response to the threat inspired The Night Watchman, and he is the model for its protagonist, Thomas Wazhusk. His committee had no legislative leverage, nor financial resources, but mounted a strategic resistance to the termination proposed by the bill. Her grandfather was the chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Advisory Committee to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. ![]() ![]() ![]() The author’s afterword explains she was recovering from a winter virus, short of writerly confidence and inspiration, when she reread her grandfather’s letters written in 1953 - the year of her birth.Īt that time, a bill before Congress threatened to terminate the tribe’s rights to the reservation land and enforce involuntary resettlement in cities. Louise Erdrich, in her 16th novel, returns to North Dakota, to the Turtle Mountain Reservation of her tribe, the Chippewa. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Perseus set out with the aid of the gods, who provided him with divine tools. A dishonorable king demanded that he bring him an impossible gift: the head of Medusa. The best known myth recounts her fateful encounter with the Greek hero Perseus. According to Hesiod’s Theogony, she was one of three Gorgon sisters born to Keto and Phorkys, primordial sea gods Medusa was mortal, while the others, Stheno and Euryale, were immortal. lyric poet Pindar, provide a wide-ranging and diverse picture of the fabled creature. Multiple works by ancient sources, such as Homer, the eighth-century B.C. Medusa is best known for having hair made of snakes and for her ability to turn anyone she looked at to stone, literally to petrify. A close look at her role in Greek mythology and art reveals a nuanced and complex character with multiple iterations and implications. ![]() She represents a dangerous threat meant to deter other dangerous threats, an image of evil to repel evil. The most common interpretation of Medusa suggests she is an apotropaic symbol used to protect from and ward off the negative, much like the modern evil eye. Her face, whether fierce and grotesque or feminine and composed, appears in virtually all media in varying contexts. Medusa is an instantly recognizable figure from ancient Greek art. ![]() ![]() ![]() In my spare time I climb things, open strange doors, and go to goth clubs dressed as a frat guy so I can stand around and look terribly uncomfortable. Before starting xkcd, I worked on robots at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia. Randall describes himself as, " I'm just this guy, you know? I'm a CNU graduate with a degree in physics. September 19-25 is Science Literacy Week and we are celebrating it at the Leddy Library.Īs we explained yesterday, one noble reason to become science literate is to understand the jokes of the web comic, XKCD by Randall Munroe. ![]() |