Bert S Iliff was my father (not Burt) Bowden (Bob) was my uncle) Both have walked on. Thanks for your email Anita. Emery A. Iliff. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anita Nelson" <anelson1@jamadots.com> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 5:32 AM Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Sherman Alexie in this week's Internet Socut Report > Emery: We had two Native American brothers that lived in this area years > ago by the name of Iliff. (Alger Co. Michigan) One was Burt Iliff. I had > met him many years ago when I worked for the Indian Health Service through > the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians. It was such an unusual name that it > stayed in my mind. > Hope you do not mind this email as it had nothing to do with the content of > your message. I was just wondering if you were connected to this family? > Anita, woman with puckered shoes. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Emery A. Iliff" <tomahawk4172@surf1.ws> > To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 3:23 PM > Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Sherman Alexie in this week's Internet Socut Report > > > > I read one of Sherman's books, about life on the rez, about a band group. > It > > was hilarious, and sounds authentic of rez life. I was a cop on the > Colville > > rez in Wa. state, and encountered many humorous situations. Alexie is a > fine > > Indian writer. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jeff Farmer" <jsfrmr@hotmail.com> > > To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 7:45 AM > > Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Sherman Alexie in this week's Internet Socut Report > > > > > > Sites about Sherman Alexie from this week's Scout Report > > (http://scout.wisc.edu/): > > > > 16. Two on Sherman Alexie > > Native American Authors: Sherman Alexie > > http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A1 > > Modern American Poetry: Sherman Alexie > > http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/alexie/alexie.htm > > > > Emerging in the early 1990s as an important new literary voice, the poet > and > > author Sherman Alexie has garnered critical acclaim for his work, much of > > which deals with the contemporary experience of being a Native American. > > Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington, and later > > discovered poetry in a writing workshop while in college at Washington > State > > University. The first site presented here is part of the Internet Public > > Library, and contains a number of links to interviews with Alexie and > > reviews of his numerous works. The second site is provided by the Modern > > American Poetry project at the University of Illinois, and contains a > number > > of links to commentaries on Alexie's work, his own reflections on what it > > means to be a Native American author, and growing up on "the rez." [KMG] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > One-click access to Hotmail from any Web page - download MSN Toolbar now! > > http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >