"I am a Wishram Indian of the Yakama Indian Nation,and this, this is my blood dripping into my eyes." (from "Plumesof White Rising").   Arthur Tulee atulee@sitespecific.net http://www.sitespec.com/atulee/ 11501 Greenwood Ave N Apt 301 Seattle, WA 98133-8659 I am a Wishram Indian of the Yakama Indian Nation, currently living "offrez" in the Emerald City, Seattle. I was born in the sign of Geminiduring the Year of the Dragon. I have an English first name and a Chineselast name. My writing is laced with struggle on many levels. First and foremostis remembering and carrying the Native American past (death, disease, hunger,isolation, forced silence) into the Native American present and future (survival,family, cultural resurgence, total communication, sovereignty and self-determination,prosperity and dignity). My readings range from deadly serious vignettes (always with a shadeof deadpan humor), to open and positive remembrances of personal, familyand tribal history. There is pride and memory in every word, even in thedarkest passages. Northwest Ethnic News, TheRaven Chronicles, Windrow, ZYZZYVA. Poetry and Spoken Word Editor The Raven Chronicles http://www.speakeasy.org/ravenchronicles Associate Editor Salmon Bay Review http://www.serv.net/~jmg/sbr/ Urban Guerilla Street Poet     Selectionsfrom Raven Chronicles Archives