Posted on 01/25/2006 10:22:06 AM PST by meandog
In June of 1999 a writer calling himself Nasdijj emerged from obscurity to publish an ode to his adopted son in Esquire. “My son is dead,” he began. “I didn’t say my adopted son is dead. He was my son. My son was a Navajo. He lived six years. They were the best six years of my life.”
The boy’s name was Tommy Nothing Fancy and Nasdijj wrote that he and his wife adopted Tommy as an infant and raised him in their home on the Navajo reservation. At first, Tommy seemed like a healthy baby, albeit one who consistently cried throughout the night. “The doctor at the Indian Health Service said it was nothing. Probably gas.” ...
(Excerpt) Read more at laweekly.com ...
"Bareback Mounting"
I'm going to write a story about my son. He is a Cherokee. His name is Tommy Make My Dad A Published Author.
" Tommy Nothing Fancy "??
Egads, as if that wasn't as much of a tipoff as the "Duke of Cleveland."
I'm going to write about my experiences with the only Jewish Indian tribe - the Schmohawks.
Shades of Rigoberta Menchu ... the Left ws so in love with her, even though it has been proven she is a fake, that even now it is on some schools' reading list.
I, Rigoberta Menchu, LIAR!
Looks like fraudulent books based on Native-American characters are a staple
("The Education of Little Tree" in middle of article):
http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.16973/article_detail.asp
What about the Iriq Oy!
Fake by accurate?
Yes, at least he could have claimed to be the Duke of Earl.
LOL.
Yeah!
Maybe. And possibly that tribe of lawyers - the Sioux.
Just replace "west" with "academia"...
Ransom Stoddard: You're not going to use the story, Mr. Scott?
Maxwell Scott: This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
source:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056217/quotes
“Basically his attitude was that it’s a great book and the art is more important than the truth.”
Don't forget the legendary Moe the Navajo.
Sounds like Ward Churchill isn't the only lunatic fraud out there.
"His name is Tommy Make My Dad A Published Author."
ROFLMAO!!!!
Here we have a story of a terribly embarrassed elitist group who have been played for the suckers they truly are, crying foul while they continue to pander to the notion that there is something spiritual in the plight and history of the "oppressed."
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