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Duane BigEagle’s grandfather was really smart

November 26, 2002 By Chris Corrigan Uncategorized One Comment

Issues in American Indian Research

My Grandfather Was a Quantum Physicist

I can see him now
smiling
in full dance costume
in front of the roundhouse
on a sunny afternoon.

Scientists have finally discovered
that the intimate details
of our lives
are influenced by things
beyond the stars
and beyond time.

My grandfather knew this.

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  1. Parking Lot » The synchronicity of old connections says:
    March 4, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    […] In large part due to her unwavering commitment to this way of thinking, I wrote some amazing papers under her guidance and my learning opened up and expanded.  Three major papers stand out:  I wrote a paper on the dynamics of culture change in communities, I wrote one with  my friend Gary Heuval on hunting as a negotiating strategy for the James Bay Cree in the 1970s and I wrote one looking at themes of connection and interdependence in Native American and First Nations poetry. That last one included a meditation on Duan BigEagle’s poem “My Grandfather was a Quantum Physicist“, interestingly enough.  All of this led up to my developing a particular worldview that culminated in my honours thesis, a piece of original research under David Newhouse that developed a multi-disciplinary process for understanding organizational culture in Native organizations.  That was what was possible at the undergraduate level at Trent in the 1980s – I think things have changed now.  Marlene was an incredibly influential person on my life. […]

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