HAWK DANCER and CLOUD BURST, TWO novels on Native Americans and Inculturation by Bro.Joshua

HAWK DANCER
Two companion novels on relationships with Native American culture and the Churches
By: Bro. Joshua Seidl, SSP.
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CLOUDBURST
Cloudburst has been released . . . . June 30, 2008 . . . . Cloudburst is now available . . . . Cloudburst has been released . . . . June 30, 2008 . . . . Cloudburst is now available . . . . Cloudburst has been released . . . . June 30, 2008 . . . .

Announcing the June 30, 2008 release of:

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Bro. Joshua's second novel and companion to Hawk Dancer.

The book is now on the market

Bro. Joshua's second novel and companion to Hawk Dancer.
Release date: Released as of June 30, 2008.
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     The northern peninsula of Michigan, north Wisconsin, northeast Minnesota, and a large portion of Ontario make up the land of the Anishinabe (Potawatomi, Ojibwe – also called Chippewa, and Odawa – also called Ottawa). There are a number of other culturally related Tribal nations in the same general region.
     Colonizing settlers from all over the world continue to move into this beautiful, pristine land of natural forest and lakes grand and small. Nordic culture brought in from Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland apear to dominant among the Euro-Americans in the region. Ample representation from the Dutch, Germans, Anglos and Celts may have something to do with the unique singsong accent visitors to the North Country find attractive.
     This volume, Cloud Burst, is written as a companion novel to my previous book, Hawk Dancer. Cloud Burst enters deeper into the mystery and spirit of the region and of the main characters, and discusses how our present can affect our futures. It really does not matter which volume a person starts this journey with. Hawk Dancer is for those who enjoy suspense and surprise. Cloud Burst will satisfy the longings for the numinous life found in all of us to one degree or another.
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Highly Recommended:

July 18, 2007 – I located the following quote from the minuets of Our Lady of the Angles Regional council Meeting, November 28, 2008:
Bishop Clark also recommended that the Regional Council members read “Hawk Dancer”, a novel by Joshua Seidl which gives an experience on the Native American culture in the Catholic community in this country.
L.A. Archdiocese

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ABOUT THE NOVELS:

     These are driven novels, adhering to wholesome family values, but are not sugar coated. Hawk Dancer and its more recent companion, Cloudburst, are about three cultures in modern times: Native American, Euro-American & Métis (Mixed). The characters vary in their acceptance of each other and in their differences. Over all, it is a progressively positive novel.

     Hawk Dancer examines the influence of Euro-American culture and religion on the Anishinabe People. In like manner, the book explores how Indigenous Cultures can be more completely promoted within the Churches through the fairly modern social sciences of inculturation. The setting is the Northern Great Lakes region from 1934-1978.
     Cloudburst, the companion novel released in the summer of 2008, employs more means of inculturation drawn from modern studies. It is less chorological than its literary predecessor, but updates the lives, trials and triumphs to March of 2008.

B. C. Guys

Lead characters:

     Richard is from a predominantly White culture, though aware of his Native roots. Job grew up on a reservation. Their vision quest led to the development of a Native American Catholic Hermitage after World War II when the infamous "American Indian Termination & Relocation" policy of the United States began.
     Their inspired elder, an Ojibwe Methodist Minister, also a member of the traditional Ojibwe Medicine Lodge, insisted that, "no one is required to abandon their cultural heritage in order to follow the Gospels."
     Baby Boomers, Randy, Dean and Erik, shape the scope and purpose of the hermitage through the challenging society of their formative years in the 1960's and 70's. The events of this history continue to have an impact on Indigenous and Non-Indigenous American relationships.

Reception for Cardinal Topel
Bro. Joshua (Author) with Cardinal Topel of Ranchi, India (right).
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Leading review

Send in your reviews Dr. Rose Quinones, Phd adds in her review of Hawk Dancer: ... The author weaves the personal stories of the characters, Richard and Job, within a historical context spanning four decades. ... [The] author allows the reader to view the world through their struggle between the Ojibwe and the dominant society's ways.

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artist - Joshua Seidl, SSP CLAIMER/DISCLAIMER

     This is a book of fiction outlined in real historical events. All characters are fictional with the exception of brief mention of historically famous people such as government leaders and songwriters. All other names matched with any real living or deceased person is accidental. The exception is with some Native American Names borrowed from the author's paternal lineage, but used for fictional characters.
     It would be disrespectful and a sacrilege to give definitive description of traditional Native American sacred ritual. The author created settings that might surround rituals, but never the details of any actual ritual. The dance in this book is fictional. It has no intended relationship to any dance other indigenous nations may have.
     The Village of Birch Clump reflects portions of several small towns, villages and zoned hamlets in the Upper Peninsula. The author is not responsible for any readers who become lost in the vast, pristine northern wilderness attempting to find this village or any other location described in Hawk Dancer.

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Who is the young man in the picture dancing?

artist: Bro. Joshua
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Widossema Jiba wants you to click his picture, just below this message, so that you can learn more about "Cloud Burst" and even read a short portion of the book.

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Cloud Burst Bro. Joshua's latest novel is soon to be released. Email the author if you want to be notified when it is actually published. For more information, click the picture above.

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NARRATED VIDEO SLIDE: Watch the video below. visit the Native News & Video page for more short video clips concerning "Hawk Dancer" and the latest novel, "Cloud Burst."

Based on a speech I gave in L.A., 2004 and since worked into my latest novel, "Cloud Burst." Go to my Video/News page to see all videos concerning "Hawkd Dancer" & "Cloud Burst."

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Photo Tampering Has these books been approved?

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Hawk Dancer lists for $34.95, but Publish america sells direct for $27.95. Cloudburst is listed for $24.94, but the publisher sells on line for only $19.95. (Do the math - you can save $12.00 if you buy both books direct from the publisher, Publish America.) This is a mainline publisher, publishing on demand. That means a freshly printed book with each order.

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     Much of this home page has been changed in anticipation of the recent release of my latest novel, Cloudburst.
     I want to take this opportunity to give thanks to some of those whose influence and encouragement made this second novel possible:
     Charles & Elaine Browne, of Northern Wisconsin, my paternal Uncle and Aunt for their editorial and research assistance. Along with: Kathy Johnson the novels interprative illustrator.
     Rose Quinnones & Gail Blackshear, of Ohio. Rose wrote the song “You don’t Like My Tan,” which is published in cloudburst as “Proud, Ancient & Brown.” Gail added a couple verses, and Skippy Thomas provided the professional inscribing of the musical score.
     Sylvia Mendivil Salazar of the Los Angeles Archdiocese’s Native American Concerns Office. The original title for the second novel was “Thunder,” but that title was already taken prior to the submission of my manuscript. Sylvia came up with the current title, “Cloudburst.” Her sharing of real life ministry concerns and goals have made a very definite impact on this novel. I must include special thanks to her mother, Elder Francine Salazar for her guidance, prayers and loving support and influence to this novel.
     The list of those I want to publicly acknowledge is long. So I figured I would stick to those most directly involved. Let me include the publisher: Publish America. This is a major publisher using updated publish on demand (POD) technology. They have a traditional aspect of the more respected publishers in that Publish America pays their authors. They assume all the cost of getting a book published. I highly recommend them to any author who has taken the time to produce good writing skills.

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