Northrup, Jim, 1943-2016

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May 24, 1994

03:43

Native Americans Need to Make Their Presence Known on the "Information Highway."

Commentator Jim Northrup looks at computers on Native American Reservations.

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Jim Northrup

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August 11, 1993

22:43

Poet Jim Northrup.

Poet and syndicated columnist Jim Northrup. Northrup's first book is "Walking the Rez Road" (Voyageur Press), stories and poems which concern the lives of native people living on a northern Minnesota reservation. Northrup looks at 19th century treaties with 20th century eyes. His work also has to do with the aftermath of the Vietnam war. Northrup was a Marine who served in the war. (The "rez" in the title means "reservation").

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Native Americans Need to Make Their Presence Known on the "Information Highway."

Poet Jim Northrup.

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