User talk:JStripes

Native writers
I certainly don't agree with all of Diane's thought - some of the stuff in The Cold-and-Hunger-Dance is just off-putting. I did get to interview her recently, though, and certainly came away with much more sympathy for her work. Have you read The Man Who Heard the Land? It strikes me as her most interesting work even though some of the things she's playing with - creationism, for example - aren't ideas for which I have much time.

Your comment on Sherman A made me spray tea: dead on! I had some small contact with him in the '90's on an old listserv and he smacked me down hard for referencing Hyemeyohsts Storm. Mind you, I get to use that smackdown as the start of my thesis, so it's all to the good.

In terms of Wikipedia, by the way, could I ask you to cast your eye towards List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas at some point? Every red link there is a bio-bibliography crying out to be written (Simon Ortiz for one...) Vizjim 17:37, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

There's a lot to do there.--JStripes 18:04, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Viz'ner
The source for that department being "failed" is the man himself, who corrected me on a few points of fact concerning this entry. Obviously, either the department has been reconstituted or he meant something else by "failed" - either way, I'll reword it. Vizjim 13:46, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Ever the trickster, he is! Have you read Kim Blaeser's book on him? Unfortunately I have not, with the exception of an early version of one chapter that she sent me many years ago. JStripes 13:57, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * One of my professors in graduate school was a colleague of his at Minnesota. She had a very different perspective on many things. I recall his discussion in one of his books--I'll try to track it down tomorrow--of the hiring of a historian in the department in which he discusses three candidates--none by name--and how they ended up hiring a "white woman." She later moved to Washington State University, where she brought me into the field of Native American studies and was duly punished (being forced to serve on my committee). Perhaps the word "failed" is appropriate if the context gives it an accurate meaning, and there is an appropriate reference. JStripes 13:55, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * My diss chair's own diss committee included on who had been instrumental in the hiring of Vizenor at Santa Cruz. I'm tellin' ya there are stories! Of, the stories. One of his former colleagues from Berkeley told me stories that sounded too much like traditional trickster tales (Radin style). See chapter 11 in Interior Landscapes if you're not clear on the meaning of "Radin style". JStripes 14:03, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Need more articles for Native writers list
I was shocked to find no entry for prominent poet/writer Simon J. Ortiz, and just attempted to create one (although it's incomplete). There are TONS of others on the Native writers list that have no article or are mere stubs/starts. The last part needed for the article I just wrote is a summary of Ortiz' most important works and their mark on Native lit. Your help with this would be most appreciated if you're familiar with his work as I don't feel qualified to write a good general commentary on that (as I haven't read enough of his work). I can still attempt to work on this later, but thought I should see if there's anyone else well-versed in Native lit who could do it better. Man, do we need help here w/ Native writers... Efrafra 06:40, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Pedro Damiano
Hi JStripes - on a chess digram you created there, there is no White King - can you correct it please? Best,--Ioannes Pragensis 18:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

There is no white king in the original. JStripes 17:18, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Sherman Alexie
Hi - If you get a chance, could you please take a look at the latest edits to the page? The chap who made them, "Absolutpiracy", has a history of subtle vandalism, but I don't have the books to hand to check him out.

Also, have you visited http://www.nativewiki.org/Main_Page yet? I'm there under my real name, James M ackay, and intend spending a lot of time working on this fantastic resource. Best, Vizjim 09:48, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Merger proposed: Mead, Washington → Neighborhoods in Spokane, Washington
It has been proposed to merge the content of Mead, Washington into Neighborhoods in Spokane, Washington. Since you have previously edited one of these articles, I thought you might be interested. You're welcome to participate in the discussion if you like. --B. Wolterding 09:46, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Fixing the 60s
Hi there: Noticed you too were not thrilled with the quality of the 1960s article. I like your reworking of the opening section. The main problems are that it is too American in POV and is not, for the most part, in prose style. I'm willing to work on, and make the lists that appear in this article as separate articles, with links back to the main 1960s page. If you could tackle the prose that would be great. I'm involved with an election up here Toronto, so I won't have the time to put in to edit and create proper prose sections.

Most of the section headings are fine, though I think there should be sections dealing with political thought, art movements, philosophical thought, revolutions, and the space race. Not exactly a walk-in-the-park, but if it is done right, this article easily will be entitled to be Feature Article (FA) class. Other than lists, I won't be able to add anything substantial until after Mid-October.--Abebenjoe 03:59, 27 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah its going to be a long haul for sure. Quebec's Quiet Revolution is listed briefly in the section about Canada.  I'll do a two or three sentence piece about Jean Lesage's Liberal Party of Quebec victory.  His victory, paved the way-- 16 years later-- for the Quebec separtist party, the Parti Québécois (PQ), to win power.  The PQ's leader was none-other than René Lévesque, who was first elected in Lesage's 1960 victory.  Lévesque was a prominent  minister in Lesage's cabinet, and he nationalized the electrical power industry, forming Hydro Quebec.  Interesting stuff, and hopefully it is dealt with in more detail in other articles.  I'll try to add this tomorrow in a more cogent manner. --Abebenjoe 20:24, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

... as did ...
Good one!. Cheers. DVdm 13:42, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

A Patriot's History
What article of mine are you refering too, and why do you wish to know whether I like or dislike the book? Mdriver1981 23:46, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * The article in question: Operational Plan Three. A Patriot's History is a tertiary text that relies upon controversial texts, and thus seems an odd choice for a citation. What motivates the choice?


 * I'm doing some work with this strange text and I'm curious about the responses of other readers. JStripes 05:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

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I'm working on Ruy Lopez!
Hey! I'm going to begin expanding the Ruy Lopez page. Do you have any secret sources for information about him? Right now I'm just working from Murray and the standard stuff.

I just ordered Monte too! Not sure if he's in there but I had to have it anyway. Mack Robot (talk) 02:15, 3 November 2020 (UTC)


 * You'll find several chapters about Lopez in Monte. I don't know any secrets. As with most people of the time, very little is known and some of what we think we know comes from sources that should not be deemed credible.JStripes (talk) 19:35, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

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