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Bill Wetzel is Amskapi Pikuni aka Blackfeet from Montana. His writing has appeared in the American Indian Culture & Research Journal, Yellow Medicine Review, Studies In Indian Literatures (SAIL), Hinchas de Poesia, Red Ink Magazine, Literary Orphans and various outlets. He is the founder of the Stjukshon Indigenous reading series at Casa Libre en la Solana in Tucson, AZ. He is a 2018 Peripheral Poet Fellow, and twice a Lijang Studio Spring Festival Writer-in-Residence in Lijang, Yunnan, China. He is the 2022 MFA Author Awards winner. He currently lives and teaches in Shanghai, China.

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       Thursday, January 30, 2014
"Barack Obama" by Xavier Cavazos
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Poet Xavier Cavazos performs his poem "Barack Obama" in Jack Trice Stadium at Iowa State University.
       Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Nobody Documentary: Isaac Kirkman - The Martyr From Nowhere
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Ezra Letra Films presents the first episode of the "Nobody Documentary" titled: "Isaac Kirkman - The Martyr From Nowhere."
(10 comments)        Saturday, November 30, 2013
American Indians & White Supremacist Thought
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The primary ideology of Modern Colonial thought is white supremacy. Here we examine a quick example of how an indigenous person can at once be indigenous and a white supremacist.
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       Monday, October 7, 2013
Tribal Politics
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Blackfeet writer, Sterling Holywhitemountain on Tribal Politics.
(1 comments)        Monday, September 16, 2013
Native Poet Allison Hedge Coke Documents Dust Bowl
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Native Poet Allison Hedge Coke documents the lives of indigenous people during The Great Depression through the eyes of her father, who lived through it.
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(1 comments)        Thursday, June 6, 2013
Stjukshon: An Indigenous Reading Series w/Sterling HolyWhiteMountain, Ashley Tsosie-Mahieu & Edward Chato-Seaton
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Full video for a night of stories, literature and music featuring musician Edward Chato-Seaton, fiction writer, Sterling HolyWhiteMountain and University of Arizona PH.D student, Ashley Tsosie-Mahieu. Held June 1, 2013 at Casa Libre En La Solana in Tucson, AZ
       Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Five Questions with Ashley Tsosie-Mahieu
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As part of National Short Story Month I asked several writers to answer five questions for me, including Navajo scholar and writer, Ashley Tsosie-Mahieu, who will be reading for my Indigenous reading series in Tucson on June 1st.
(1 comments)        Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Muscogee Author, Eddie Chuculate Awarded the Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellowship
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The Wisconsin Institute has awarded its 2013-2014 creative writing fellowships.
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(1 comments)        Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Stjukshon: An Indigenous Reading Series w/ Simon J. Ortiz, Bojan Louis & Tygel Pinto
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Full video for a night of stories, literature and music that featured legendary Native writer and storyteller, Simon J. Ortiz, diverse poet and prose writer, Bojan Louis and innovative, hip-hop flutist, Tygel Pinto. Held March 29, 2013 at Casa Libre En La Solana in Tucson, Az
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       Friday, March 15, 2013
Jody Thompson: The Interprofessional Approach: A Patient's Perspective
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On the one year anniversary of the event, the author writes about her experience in cardiac ICU.
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(2 comments)        Monday, February 11, 2013
Jody Thompson: Solidarity Day: Interprofessional Education in Motion
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On Thursday, February 14, 2013, the UA College of Medicine's Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) will gather for the 3rd Annual Solidarity Day for Humanism in Medicine.
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(1 comments)        Tuesday, January 1, 2013
An Interview With Poet Clarissa Bueno
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An interview with poet Clarissa Bueno, who is also the curator for the reading series, Tucson Poet Tree. Includes poems from Clarissa, and two regular readers in the series, Jody Thompson and Hassan Falak.
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(1 comments)        Monday, December 3, 2012
Jody Thompson: Success for the Nation's First Statewide Interprofessional Mini-Course and Pandemic Simulation
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In Arizona, a Pandemic flu exercise which encompassed students and faculty from all all three state universities was successfully conducted.
(1 comments)        Saturday, November 17, 2012
Pandemic Flu: Interprofessional Education Goes Statewide in Arizona
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In Arizona, a Pandemic flu exercise will encompass students and faculty from all all three state universities. The exercise is designed to help future health professionals deal with public health emergencies.
(2 comments)        Thursday, November 8, 2012
The Biden Touch: America's Happy Warrior
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President Obama referred to Vice President Biden as "America's Happy Warrior" in his acceptance speech. A little background to that reference and the life and career of Joe Biden.
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       Sunday, October 28, 2012
Come Play With Us! Poets Live Tweet The Shining
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On Sunday, October 28th, at 7pm MST join Elisa Gabbert (@egabbert) and Sommer Browning (@vagtalk) and many many others in Live Tweeting THE SHINING!!
(1 comments)        Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Poet Layli Long Soldier Remembers Russell Means
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Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier on Russell Means.
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(2 comments)        Friday, October 19, 2012
Tucson Poet Tree 2
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Poetry series "Tucson Poet Tree" is holding another event in Tucson.
(2 comments)        Monday, May 14, 2012
For my mom
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The author's thoughts on the first Mother's Day since his mother passed away.
(1 comments)        Thursday, April 5, 2012
"Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful" by Bill Wetzel's Jacket
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Guest column by Bill Wetzel's Jacket, who relates to the "Too beautiful" Samantha Brick and laments his own considerable hotness.

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