[BearwWthoutBorders] ADDITIONAL AND WELL TIMED COMMENTS (AND A WORD ON THE UFO/ET CLASS)

Tue Dec 11 19:15:24 EST 2012

Let me add my condolences, Dale.  I remember when I lost my father (when I was 24), and it was rough.  Probably much rougher at an older age

-----Original Message-----
From: Hunter Gray <hunterbadbear at hunterbear.org>
To: Dale Jacobson <dalejacobson at earthlink.net>; Friends of Hunter Bear <bearwithoutborders at lists.mayfirst.org>
Sent: Tue, Dec 11, 2012 5:58 pm
Subject: Re: [BearwWthoutBorders] ADDITIONAL AND WELL TIMED COMMENTS (AND A WORD ON THE UFO/ET CLASS)

Thanks very much again, Dale!

Best, H
HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR/JOHN R SALTER JR] Mi'kmaq /St. Francis 
Abenaki/St. Regis Mohawk 
Member, National Writers Union AFL-CIO
www.hunterbear.org 
(much social justice material)

I have always lived and worked in the Borderlands.

Key pieces from our big Jackson Mississippi Movement 
scrapbook.  Three consecutive and full pages beginning with
this Link:  http://hunterbear.org/a_piece_of__the_scrapbook.htm
And see my reflection On Being a Militant and Radical
Organizer -- And an Effective One:
http://crmvet.org/comm/hunter1.htm

The Stormy Adoption of an Indian Child [My Father]:
http://hunterbear.org/James%20and%20Salter%20and%20Dad.htm
(Expanded in Fall 2012. Photos. Material on our Native
background.)  And see Personal Background Narrative: 
http://hunterbear.org/narrative.htm  (Updated into 2012) 

For the new (11/2011) and expanded/updated
edition of my "Organizer's Book," JACKSON MISSISSIPPI -- 
with a new and substantial introduction by me.
 http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm

----- Original Message ----- 

From:   Dale Jacobson 

To: Hunter Gray ; Friends of Hunter Bear   

Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 3:56   PM

Subject: Re: [BearwWthoutBorders]   ADDITIONAL AND WELL TIMED COMMENTS (AND A WORD ON THE UFO/ET CLASS)

I appreciate your thoughts Hunter.  My father thoroughly   enjoyed your UFO class and it is a great compliment to your teaching that he   felt comfortable enough to attend.  At his age, even then, I am sure he   felt a little out of place among the other students.  It is not something   he would have usually done and it was through you that I was able to encourage   him to attend.  as ever my best, Dale

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Hunter Gray <hunterbadbear at hunterbear.org> wrote:

I continue to receive comments regarding     myself and that revealing -- but not really surprising to me --     contemporary little situation in Mississippi. http://crmvet.org/comm/hunter1.htm All of these comments     are, to understate it, greatly appreciated.  Rather than do     another compendium, here are two extremely recent ones from our List     members.

To Dale, whose post follows that of Alice, I     certainly express all condolences on the passing of your father.      I know how tough that can be. Our best thoughts and good wishes go to     all of you. I remember your dad very well in that huge UFO/ET class of     mine -- 200 or so undergrad and grad students from virtually every     major at UND during each of the three times I offered it. (It was seen     as more popular than even the "Sex Class.")  I was always glad to have     your father in the second-time around throng.  He could not have     been more attentive.  I should add that the class, offered at the     request of students, was initially under the aegis of Honors, then     Indian Studies, and then Psychology.  It carried three semester hours     credit -- and, if one wanted to do some extra work, graduate     credit.  It fulfilled a Humanities requirement in Arts and Sciences     and, last time it was done, Humanities credit in the Business college     as well.  The Humanities tag was on the basis of our spending some     class time looking at the world as ETs might see us     all.

Again, Dale, our deep condolences -- and     thanks to both Alice and yourself for these posts.  Best,     Hunter

ALICE AZURE:

Once again--thank your for that piece of yours--being a     militant and radical organizer.  Rather than react to that German     word--splendid but unusable --I should have thanked you again for your care     of the many students who had a strong affinity for your civil     rights work. Maybe your teaching became absorbed in my actions     more than I realize, for I'll never be remembered in the United Way     movement for my "agitations"-- scrappy, undiplomatic, and somewhat     noisy.  It's funny; they were afraid to fire me because I was a     triple threat--female, Native American and handicapped!  My     professional life was difficult, but a vole hole compared to the     Herculean efforts by you and your colleagues of those     years.  

One group--the Mystic Rotary Club--awarded me a Paul Harris     Fellowship.  One would think I'd be held at arm's length with a group     like that--but here they were--to the tune of a $1,000 nomination (I never     did learn who donated that amount)--thanking me for "....demonstrating     in your life and vocation a commitment to helping persons in need here     and around the world."  I've never talked about this award before,     as I had already left Connecticut when the fellowship was     awarded.  Maybe I am somewhat embarrassed by the money associated with     it.   

I just received my latest issue of Studies in American     Indian Literature--themed on the writings of northeastern     Natives.  An essay of mine was included plus some poems--basically the     first chapter of my book, Along Came a Spider.     Other pieces were a critique of Joe Bruchac's life and writings,     an interview of Charles Norman Shay (grandson of Joseph Nicolar), an     article on Samson Occum by Reginald Dyce, Henry Perley's writings by Dale     Potts, and Joseph Johnson & Moses Paul (by Michael LeBlanc).          

Again, thank your for writing that post, John.      

Alice M.     Azure

DALE     JACOBSON:

Hunter, I have always admired your talents     and commitments for organizing, so I certainly did not mean to neglect to     say so here (though I did).  With the death of my father (who very much     appreciated your class on UFOs, at least one session of which he attended),     I have been distracted.  But you have been and remain a light to us     all.  I wish the world (and our country especially, the heart of the     beast-- or should I say stomach?) made better use of those with your wisdom     and experience-- alas, it does not.  This was a complaint I recall     vividly from old-timers even during the sixties, when I read somewhere that     someone had said this gist:  it is as if we (my generation) had to     reinvent the wheel rather than learn from those who were already     experienced.  I find myself extremely disappointed in my own     generation.  Perhaps I expected too much?  Still, I believe your     historical example together with others cannot but finally be valued because     there is no need to reinvent the wheel, which people such as yourself set in     motion, and not only that, but gave it considerable steam.  I myself     have never claimed to be an organizer, though I've been "involved" in     various ways.  Therefore, your own proven effectiveness is all the more     appreciated in my eyes.       

Dale

HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR/JOHN R SALTER JR]     Mi'kmaq /St. Francis 
Abenaki/St. Regis Mohawk 
Member, National     Writers Union AFL-CIO
www.hunterbear.org 
(much     social justice material)

I have always lived and worked in the     Borderlands.

Key pieces from our big Jackson Mississippi     Movement 
scrapbook.  Three consecutive and full pages beginning     with
this Link:  http://hunterbear.org/a_piece_of__the_scrapbook.htm
And     see my reflection On Being a Militant and Radical
Organizer -- And an     Effective One:
http://crmvet.org/comm/hunter1.htm

The Stormy Adoption of an Indian Child [My     Father]:
http://hunterbear.org/James%20and%20Salter%20and%20Dad.htm
(Expanded     in Fall 2012. Photos. Material on our Native
background.)  And see     Personal Background Narrative: 
http://hunterbear.org/narrative.htm      (Updated into 2012) 

For the new (11/2011) and     expanded/updated
edition of my "Organizer's Book," JACKSON MISSISSIPPI --     
with a new and substantial introduction by me.
 http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm

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