Red Haircrow

Red Haircrow (born 1972) is a writer, educator and filmmaker with Chiricahua Apache, Cherokee and African American heritage. His work includes 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 issues and concerns, intercultural relations, family and living and working in Germany. Their current documentary film project Forget Winnetou is about Native stereotypes in Germany, and the continuing harmful effects of colonial and racism on both Native and non-Native communities and societies, which has been covered by some of Germany's largest new sources such as Deutschlandfunk Kultur ^[1], Der Freitag ^[2] and Süddeutsche Zeitung ^[3].

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, selective counselor (holding a BSc Psychology from Columbia Southern University), and owns and operates the multimedia production company Flying With Red Haircrow, which opened on 31 October 2010.

Regarding native current events, history or culture, Red Haircrow appeared in a Deutsche Welle video broadcast,^[4] 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.^[5] Since the end of 2013, Native American tribes had been lobbying for the repatriation of native scalps alleged to be kept at the museum.^[6]

Haircrow has been asked to comment in Germany on cultural appropriation in pop culture and fashion, which has been the source of controversy and debate. Magazine and news sources include Global Post: "Dressing Up As Cowboys and Indians is Big in Germany"^[7]", which was republished in the Arizona news source Tucson Sentinel.^[8] DeinPULS for "Indianerfedern als Modeaccessoire Hirnloser Trend oder bewusste Provokation?",^[9] also included a detailed interview with Red Haircrow,^[10] which was broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk. Ex-Berliner Magazine featured commentary by Red Haircrow.^[11] Mother Jones magazine included a mention on the Indian hobbyist sub-cultures in "^[12]", and in Stern, one of Germany's top news magazines, included an interview by Michael Streck on the topic of Indian Hobbyism in Europe.

As a public speaker and educator, Red Haircrow was requested for workshops at "Tages des Indigenen Film^[13]" 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.,^[14] and Red was a guest for "The Voices" radio show,^[15] November 2016, on the topic of native rights, sovereignty and Standing Rock.

Currently, in production, Red Haircrow is directing and producing the documentary,^[16] "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.

Bibliography

Fiction

• Variance: A Short Story Collection Flying With Red Haircrow, 2013. ISBN 9781301063123
• The Agony of Joy Flying With Red Haircrow, 2013. (Winner of the Global Ebooks Awards Best LGBT Fiction 2013, Finalist Best LBT Contemporary Fiction Rainbow Awards 2013.) ISBN 9781301334520
• The Caravaggio & The Swan (Originally by Dreamspinner Press. Republished by Flying With Red Haircrow 2013).
• The Angel of Berlin Flying With Red Haircrow, 2011. ISBN 9781452441665
• The Coat: Secrets of a Hatcheck Boy Flying With Red Haircrow, 2011. ISBN 9781452438702
• The House of Doom Dreams and Desire Flying With Red Haircrow, 2011. ISBN 9781452436586
• Katrdeshtr's Redemption, The Night Cat, Book 1 Flying With Red Haircrow, 2010. ISBN 9781452470849
• Night Shift (Originally on Nov. 7, 2010 at JMS Books LLC.) Republished by Flying With Red Haircrow, 2012. ISBN 1611520223
• A Lieutenant's Love (Originally on June 9, 2010, at Dreamspinner Press.) Republished by Flying With Red Haircrow, 2013. ISBN 9781301752157

Non-Fiction

• CORE: A Poetry Collection Flying With Red Haircrow, 2014. ISBN 9781311903570
• Silence Is Multi-Colored In My World Flying With Red Haircrow, 2012. (Winner Rainbow Awards 2012, Best Gay Biography/Memoir). ISBN 9781476164861
• Songs of the Universal Vagabond Flying With Red Haircrow, 2011. ISBN 9781465874139

Contributor

• The Mountains are my Kingdom in Red Rising Magazine, Red Rising. Published May 13, 2016.
• Big Mama's Pears in Sword & Saga Press cultural magazine, Front Porch: American Athenauem. Published April 1, 2013. ASIN: B00C4K2UK2
• Poetry in Sibling Rivalry Press'Assaracus Literary Magazine, Issue 09 (Published January 10, 2013) ISBN 1937420361
• Varney the Vampire: A Literary Remix by GalleyCat (Dec. 2012). ISBN 9781301952861
• We, The Dead a short story in Danse Macabre Literary Magazine 59 {Notturno} (July 2012)
• "The Shannon", a flash memoir at Suburban Fool, a subliterary magazine (Jan. 2011).
• "Spring in Berlin", a flash memoir at Suburban Fool], a subliterary magazine (Nov. 2010).
• Convenience Store Romance a short story in StarBooks Press'^[17] anthology (June 2010).

Articles

• Professions: What Do "Real Natives" Do? (Published January 4, 2017 at Red Rising Magazine) ^[18])
• The Challenges of Indigenous Studies: A Voice From Both Sides of the Desk" (Published August 2, 2016 at Red Rising Magazine^[19])
• Dues Paid”: A Navajo Metal Band in Denmark (Published July 11, 2016 at Red Rising Magazine^[20])
• Naked Faux Savages and Neo-Racism in Berlin (Published October 20, 2014 at Indian Country Today Media Network^[21])
• Meet Wiggle Tooth, Germany's Stereotypical Native of Hygiene (Published July 2, 2014 at Indian Country Today Media Network^[22])
• An Agreement Is Reached Regarding Scalps at the Karl May Museum (Published June 14, 2014 at Indian Country Today Media Network^[23])
• Tribes Demand Return of Native Scalps From Karl May Museum in Germany (Published March 25, 2014 at^[24])
• A Star Trek Convention for Native Enthusiasts: Inside a German Pow Wow (Published February 24, 2014 at^[25]
• Germany's Obsession With American Indians Is Touching-And Occasionally Surreal^[26] and March 25, 2013 at TulalipNews.com)

Book Trailers

• CORE
• Variance
• The Angel of Berlin
• Silence Is Multi-Colored In My World
• The Agony of Joy
• Traces of Ice with Ana Cristina Caelen

Interviews

• The Voices Commentary by Red Haircrow on The Voices Radio Show (November 19, 2016).
• Cowboys and Indianer Commentary by Red Haircrow at Ex-Berliner Magazine (July/August Issue 2014).
• Interview With Red Haircrow at DeinPULS and Bayernischer Rundfunk (June 2014).
• Video Interview The Battle Over An Ojibwe Scalp at Deutsche Welle (April 2014).
• Author Interview Author Quiz (July 2013).
• Author Interview and Spotlight at Books And Tales (April 2013).
• Author Interview at The Indie Spotlight (June 2012).
• Author Interview at The Indie Spotlight (Oct. 2011).
• Author Interview at Bibrary Book Lust (April 2011).
• Author Interview at Romance On The Lunatic Fringe (June 2010).

Awards

• Silence Is Multi-Colored In My World:^[27]
• The Agony of Joy:^[28]

References

Additional sources

• Deutsche Welle
• The Battle Over An Ojibwe Scalp
• Website Sibling Rivalry Press

External links

• Amazon.com author page
• Goodreads author page
• LinkedIn Profile
• Montana State University Master's student listing
• Personal website
• Personal Review site
• Personal YouTube Channel