Red Haircrow

Red Haircrow
Born Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Occupation Poet, writer, filmmaker
Nationality American (Native)
Period 1980-Present
Genre Poetry, Contemporary, Non-fiction, Native American
Notable works Silence Is Multi-Colored In My World, The Agony of Joy
Notable awards Rainbow Award 2012, Best LGBT Biography/Memoir, Global E-Books Awards 2013, Best LGBT Fiction
Website
redhaircrow.com

Red Haircrow (born 1972) is a writer, poet, educator and filmmaker of Chiricahua Apache and Cherokee descent. His work has included poetry, short stories, novellas and full-length books. His novel The Agony of Joy won Best LGBT Fiction in Global Ebooks Awards 2013, and the biography Silence Is Multi-Colored In My World about a young deaf, gay Russian, was a winner of a Rainbow Award 2012 in the category, Best Biography/Memoir. His non-fiction and current events articles are often on Native American activism, issues and concerns, intercultural relations, and living and working in Germany.

Haircrow is a former contributing writer for Indian Country Today Media Network, and has written several articles on current Native American concerns and rights, as well as having appeared by invitation at the red carpet opening of the 2013 film release The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp, in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA), American Indian and Alaska Native Society of Indian Psychologists (AIANSIP), American Psychology Association (APA), Society of American Indian Graduate Students (SAIGS), and Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA).

Life and career

Red Haircrow was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and currently resides in Berlin, Germany, and previously worked in law enforcement. He is also a chef, psychologist (holding a BSc Psychology from Columbia Southern University), filmmaker, and owns and operates the multimedia production company Flying With Red Haircrow, which opened on 31 October 2010. Current clients include jazz pianistUli Lenz.

On April 10, 2014, Red Haircrow appeared in a Deutsche Welle video broadcast,[1] explaining why Native American cultures in general would wish the return of human remains kept by the Karl May Museum in Radebeul, Germany. A video of the interview is also available on YouTube.[2] Since the end of 2013, Native American tribes had been lobbying for the repatriation of native scalps alleged to be kept at the museum.[3]

Haircrow has often been asked to comment by news sources and media on native cultural appropriation by German or Europeans "Indian" hobbyists or in pop culture and fashion, which has been the source of controversy and debate. Jason Overdorf, senior German correspondent at Global Post, interviewed Haircrow for the 10 June 2014 article: "Dressing Up As Cowboys and Indians is Big in Germany"[4]", which was republished in the Arizona news source Tucson Sentinel.[5] DeinPULS for "Indianerfedern als Modeaccessoire Hirnloser Trend oder bewusste Provokation?",[6] also included a detailed interview with Red Haircrow,[7] which was broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk. On July 29, 2014, Ex-Berliner Magazine featured commentary by Red Haircrow.[8] The July/August 2015 edition of Mother Jones magazine included a mention on the Indian hobbyist sub-cultures in "[9]". The September 3, 2015 print edition of Stern, one of Germany's top news magazines, included an interview by Michael Streck on the topic of Indian Hobbyism in Europe.

As an advocate and counselor, addressing and helping other natives, Red Haircrow was also quoted in the South Dakota newspaper Madville Times,[10] on the case of Robert Alan Packard, a Yankton Sioux actor, sculptor and former Jean Paul Gaultier model, who in June 2014, was wrongly convicted of a far right crime in Germany. An article at Ex-Berliner magazine first detailed the story of when he gave the Hitler salute, accusingly crying "Sieg Heil" to attackers who were destroying his art and medicine wheel at his home studio in Berlin, Germany. Number 632th of many academicians, professors, archaeologist and anthropologists listed for having signed the letter letter penned by The Natural History Museum in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and denouncement for the destruction of sacred items and burial grounds on Sept. 3, 2016 by the Dakota Access Pipeline.

As a public speaker and educator, Red Haircrow was requested for workshops at "Tages des Indigenen Film[11]" in Rostock, Germany, which is an annual film festival dedicated to showing native films produced by natives. The annual event took place November 16–18, 2014, with Mr. Haircrow addressing topics of stereotyping and native misrepresentation in Hollywood films and around the world, in a presentation titled, "Against the Myths". Red Haircrow again participated in the 2015 event, presenting information on "Native Misrepresentations in Film. Short musical film, "Conejitos Amarillos", music by Uli Lenz, poetry by Red Haircrow, was selected to appear in the 2016 Anibar Animation Festival in Peje, Kosovo.[12]

Currently, in production, Red Haircrow is directing and producing the documentary,[13] "Forget Winnetou! Going Beyond Native Stereotypes in Germany", along with German colleague, Timo Kiesel of glokal e.V. It will feature experiences of Native Americans in Germany dealing with stereotyping and racism.

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References

  1. ↑ The Battle Over An Ojibwe Scalp
  2. ↑ The Battle Over An Ojibwe Scalp
  3. ↑ Other news sources sharing Haircrow's articles on the topic at Indian Country Today: "Native scalps kept by German museum may lead to protest" The Buffalo Post], Democratic Individuality by Alan Gilbert, "Germany and Scalps."
  4. ↑ Dressing Up As Cowboys and Indians is Big in Germany
  5. ↑ Tucson Sentinel
  6. ↑ "Indianerfedern als Modeaccessoire Hirnloser Trend oder bewusste Provokation?"
  7. ↑ Interview with Red Haircrow
  8. ↑ "Cowboys and Indianer" Ex-Berliner Magazine
  9. ↑ Last of the Munichans
  10. ↑ Madville Times
  11. ↑ Tages des Indigenen Films 2014
  12. ↑ "2016 Anibar Animation Festival in Peje, Kosovo"
  13. ↑ "Forget Winnetou"
  14. ↑ Boys Getting Ahead
  15. ↑ Red Rising Magazine
  16. ↑ Red Rising Magazine
  17. ↑ Indian Country Today Media Network
  18. ↑ Indian Country Today Media Network
  19. ↑ Indian Country Today Media Network
  20. ↑ Indian Country Today Media Network
  21. ↑ Indian Country Today Media Network)
  22. ↑ (Published July 24, 2013 at Indian Country Today Media Network)
  23. ↑ (Published March 23, 2013 at Indian Country Today Media Network
  24. ↑ 2012 Winner Rainbow Award Best LGBT Biography/Memoir
  25. ↑ 2013 Gold Winner Global Ebooks Awards Best LGBT Fiction

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