‘Cover Stories’ Archives
December 2016 Alley Newspaper
Let America Be America Again BY LANGSTON HUGHES, 1902-1967 Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed”” Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above. (It never was America to me.) O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe. (There”'s never been equality for me, Nor freedom in this “homeland of the free.”) Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark? And who are you that draws your veil across the stars? I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart, I am the Negro bearing slavery”'s scars. I am the red man driven from the land, I am the immigrant clutching the hope I [...]
PHOENIX NUMBER III
BY PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL In this issue, you will find the 3rd edition of The Phoenix of Phillips: writings by your neighbors who tell their story and the story of our community. You will meet writers as young as 11 and writers who are well into their seventies. All of them have a hope for a loving and beautiful community. Here are some youth poems that didn”'t make this edition, around the theme of “Stop!” Stop the violence in the community Stop hurting kids in the world Stop killing black people, police! And you can trust some white And black police officers Stop racism towards African-American males Frank (more…)
Roger Buffalohead May 30, 1939 ”“ September 6, 2016: A Great Life Remembered
”My English name is Roger Buffalohead. My Ponca name is Insta dupa, which means Four Eyes. It refers to a very ancient Ponca dog. It had yellow markings above its eyes. At a distance it looked like it had four eyes. It was a very honorific name. In the Ponca clans you inherit a clan name. When you pass on your name goes back into the clan pool. The next born would get your name . We don”'t really know how old those names are but they go back many, many, many generations. Buffalohead is an English translation of Te Nugah pah, which means people at the head of the buffalo ceremony. Some lazy BIA clerk decided that that was too long of a name to put on a form. He shortened it to Buffalohead and that became our name and has remained our name in modern times.” BY LAURA WATERMAN WITTSTOCK Roger and Priscilla Buffalohead came to Minneapolis with their young son in 1970. A Department of American Indian Studies was being created and the talent seekers wanted the young and [...]
