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Hawk Dancer site index,
and how to navigate this site

•  Here is a brief description of the various pages on this site. These buttons are repeated at the bottom of almost every page on the site. Please excuse me if the descriptions provided on this page seem a bit basic to regular users of the internet. I wanted to make this site as user-freindly as possible to visitors new to the internet computer technologies.

This symbol - - makes it easy to identify the page titles to this site. Just click the title right of the symbol.
Where as this - - little monk indicates a link to another person's or organization's web site. click the title just right of the symbol.

Neither of these symbols are clickable - but the color changeable title next to (right of) the button-symbols can be clicked to take you to the next page or link.

1. HOME PAGE - The home page is a very brief description of the novel.

2. To order Hawk Dancer - Hawk Dancer is published by a major publisher, Publish America. It is available from all major book stores, and most independent book stores can order it for you. Click this page for a listing of some means of purchasing Hawk Dancer. Full retail price is $34.95, but many discount prices can be found via Amazon.com, Publish America and other book sellers. The author even offers signed copies a little above cost (currently $28.00).
•  Always buy from a trusted source. You can link direct to the major on-line stores by clicking this page title.

3. General Information & Site map - You are here. There is no need to click. In fact, anytime you are clicking a button and you still see the same old page, it is possible that you are clicking a button to the very same page that you are looking at. I know because I've often click three or four times before I catch on.

4. Reviews - There are two reviews available at this time. The author would like to hear from you if you have read this book and would like to include your own review of the book. You may include a picture of you – the review writer, or some other picture you think is appropriate. However, please contact the author, Bro. Joshua Seidl, before submitting a review or pictures.
•  You may also go to amazon.com or other sites and leave a book review on this or on any book title sold through that particular book store’s site.

5. About us - You can get a little biographical information about the author, illustrator and the editor of Hawk Dancer. The author and illustrator’s photos are included on that page. I am the author, Bro. Joshua Seidl and I currently live on Staten Island, NY. Kathy Johnson is a renowned artist and lives alternately between Wisconsin’s Lake superior shore, and along a beautiful river in Illinois. The Editor is my uncle, Charlie Browne.

6. Read a selection   - Read The Cure, the story within the story. This is a heart warming story of a terminally ill, six-year-old boy. The renowned John Kandle, PhD told the author that he could see this story becoming a Christmas tradition. And, so it has for many people.
•  The Cure became the basis for the writing of this novel, Hawk Dancer. It is the pivotal point of the novel. Enter that page and you can read the section, and you can even print it out and share with others.

7. Illustrations by Kathy Johnson - Kathy Johnson prepared almost 30 full color illustrations for hawk dancer. The publisher could only accept about 12 pictures, and those had to be in black and white. Enter this page, and you can see a selection of Johnson’s exquisite art work in the original color format. More of her art appears at random on most pages of this site.

8. Photos & art by Br. Joshua - Author, Bro. Joshua, provides photographs of actual places influencing the novel. Pictures include on site locations: Fayette State Park in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, family regalia, and the remaining totem pole carved by the Civilian conservation corps during the Great Depression. Other actual scenes from Northern Michigan and North Wisconsin are included. Joshua's scrap book can be accessed only from this page.

9. Essays on Native issues - “Brocken Tree tips.” The essay page does not change very often. This essay has been on the site for just over a year. It is the opening talk given by Bro. Joshua at a Native American retreat weekend sponsored by the Arch Diocese of Los Angeles’ “Native Concerns Office.”
•  It addresses spiritual issues of taking charge of our lives, and of promoting and preserving Native American cultures with in the church. The talk reflected on past atrocities, but more so points to a positive and fulfilling future in Church & Native relationships via the healing found in Native Spirituality.
•  The original speech is now long gone, but this version is very close to the original. It is presented here as if the speech was given by the novel’s fictional leader, Rev. Jacob Hawk Dancer. The form found here is in preparation to the authors upcoming novel.

10. Native News (and video) - This is a news and commentary page of current interest to Native concerns. You can expect to find, according to current news items, coverage of land claims, continued encroachment by Church and Government on Native lands and graves, issues on overt and on the more subtle institutionalized forms of racism.
•  Links to other organizations directly concerned with these issues are provided. When ever possible, Bro. Joshua supplies substantiating references to these issues.
•  VIDEO CLIPS about the two novels, Hawk Dancer & Cloud Burst are also featured.

11. Ministry Links - You learn about and visit several other web sites on Native Concerns and Native Ministry. Several Catholic and other ecumenically inclined Churches are listed. The author lists recommendations to other sources that he feels are excellent points of reference. There are also a few pages of this site that can only be reached from this page. That is because of rapid developments in the study of Inculturation and ministry. The author felt it was best for ease of visual site navigation not to list all those pages on the site index found at the bottom of most pages of this site.
•  Seminarians, clergy and religious in Native ministries, social workers and students, and many others will find this page useful and the linking pages and sites. Contact the author if you have something you would like him to consider adding to the Ministry Links pages.

12. Facts & FAQs - “FAQ” or the term “FAQs” is computer lingo meaning “Frequently asked Questions.” This is an excellent feature on many web sites that will give a response to the questions most asked by visitors. It saves a lot of time for both the visitor and the site managers. Read “FAQ” before emailing general questions.
•  The “FAQ” button on this site lists only those questions pertaining to the novel, Hawk Dancer. Questions on other matters found on this site should be directed to the person or organization the particular page article is about. In many cases, that will mean contacting me, the author. Most of the time I can respond swiftly, sometimes it may take a few days before I respond. If I’m on vacation – it may be a couple weeks before you hear from me. So check with FAQs and see if your question is answered there.

13. Village of Birch Clump - This is one of my more recently added pages to the site. This also answers “FAQ,” frequently asked questions. I had a lot of fun creating this page, and I am certain you will have fun reading it. It is light humored. Birch clump, the main village of the book, is set in the Upper Peninsula. A number of readers wrote to me saying they cannot find it on the map. Well, that’s because a “NOVEL” by definition is a fictional story. True, my novel is based on actual events and history – but the village, like the novel is fictional.
    You must read The Birch Clump Gazette, the almost weekly newspaper about Birch Clump. A real up to date weather report is featured for the region giving today's and the next 4 day forecast. •  None-the-less, I was encouraged from the many inquiries I received to do up a special page complete with photos and drawings about this wonderful little village nestled in the woodlands and along the shore of Green Bay in northern Lake Michigan. I even looked up the location on Googlearth.com’s satellite view maps.

14. This Month's Short Story - Sorry to say, the title of this page is a bit of a misnomer. It takes so long to prepare a short story from a word document to set into a web page, that I update that page about every one – four months.
•  These are short stories I like to make up from time to time. They are not found in the novel. Perhaps in time I will publish a collection of these short stories and some of my poems. All are copyrighted.

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16. free print out mini poster This prints out a small desk size poster or framable wall hanging. It contains eight famous quotes from Pope John Paul II on Indigenous rights. Note: This is a higher than average web page resolution picture. As such, it may take longer to download - depending on your computer's speed.

17. Research & Resources This page lists several books and other media sources for those researching Inculturation issues and other multi-cultural concerns. It includes links to some Vatican documents.

18. Quips from other readers See what other readers have said about Hawk Dancer.

19. Sceduale of Events of Native Interests Organizations can have their schedules of public events posted on this page. these events may include Powwows, conferences, educational meetings and seminars.

20. Why I Wrote Hawk Dancer

This site is constantly being updated. I upload new material an average of once ever week or two, and at least once a month. So, please come back for a visit and see what is new.
Link to the web site for The Order of St. James

Thank you - Bro. Joshua

New: New stuff is posted each month. Visit again.

BIRCH CLUMP PHOTO GALLERY

Click picture above for the author's special selections.