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Red Haircrow (born 1972) is a writer, poet, journalist and activist of mixed Chiricahua Apache and Cherokee. 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 also a 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), and Society of American Indian Graduate Students (SAIGS). ==Life and career== Red Haircrow was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and resides in Berlin, Germany, and previously worked in law enforcement. He is also a chef, psychologist (holding a BSc Psychology from Columbia Southern University), press agent, and owns and operates the multimedia production company (Flying With Red Haircrow ), which opened on 31 October 2010. Current clients include jazz pianistUli Lenz and the 105 Lenz-Kubach-Johnson Jazz Trio. Red Haircrow's photography and graphic art skills have been used to create several cover images for his work and the work of others including Welsh author (Nephylim )'s Enigma series and photography for Mexican/Belgian musician/composer and sound therapist, (Ana Cristina Caelen )'s.〔(Traces of Ice )〕 On April 10, 2014, Red Haircrow appeared in a Deutsche Welle video broadcast,〔(The Battle Over An Ojibwe Scalp )〕 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.〔(The Battle Over An Ojibwe Scalp )〕 Since the end of 2013, Native American tribes had been lobbying for the repatriation of native scalps alleged to be kept at the museum.〔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."〕 Haircrow has been connected with the Native American Association of Germany, and 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"〔(Dressing Up As Cowboys and Indians is Big in Germany )〕", which was republished in the Arizona news source ''Tucson Sentinel''.〔(''Tucson Sentinel'' )〕 DeinPULS for "Indianerfedern als Modeaccessoire Hirnloser Trend oder bewusste Provokation?",〔("Indianerfedern als Modeaccessoire Hirnloser Trend oder bewusste Provokation?" )〕 also included a detailed interview with Red Haircrow,〔(Interview with Red Haircrow )〕 which was broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk. On July 29, 2014, ''Ex-Berliner Magazine'' featured commentary by Red Haircrow.〔("Cowboys and Indianer" ) ''Ex-Berliner Magazine''〕 The July/August 2015 edition of Mother Jones magazine included a mention on the Indian hobbyist sub-cultures in "〔(Last of the Munichans )〕". 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'',〔(''Madville Times'' )〕 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. As a public speaker and educator, Red Haircrow was requested for workshops at "Tages des Indigenen Film〔(Tages des Indigenen Films 2014 )〕" 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 will again participate in the (2015 event ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red Haircrow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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