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Portrait of a Berber woman by Hassan Moumene

 
 
 
Academic papers:
 
- Realism, Naturalism and Symbolism in the poetry of Wallace Stevens, These, Licence-es-Lettres, Faculte des Lettres et Sciences, Bordeaux University, France (1969)
 
From Vulgar Latin to Catalan, Philological Essay  - MA Thesis, Linguistics, Stanford  University, (1971)
 
- Ritual, Ecology and Social Order in a Valley of the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, PhD Spring paper, Anthropology Department, Stanford University, (1982) - Manuscript under revision for publication.
 
- The Case of Yellow Thunder Camp, MA. Thesis, Anthropology Department, Stanford University,( 1983).  This paper contained crucial information deriving from research into US military archives which was admitted in court in South Dakota , and proved the existence of the "sacred"character of the Black Hills at the time of US  entry into that part of  Lakota Indian territory. Manuscript soon to be published.
 
 
Articles:
 
 
  -    Mustapha  (1969)  PerSe magazine. Recollection of my Moroccan Amazigh grand-father.
 
  -    Tisquantum (1993) Common Grounds. The historical background of the First Thanksgiving in America.
 
  -    Plastic medicine people (1995) -
                       Sonoma  County Press  - An overview of the misuse of American Indian spiritual practices , widely distributed on the internet.
  
  -    The People of Niram (1998), Marin Coast. A tongue in cheek reflection on life in Marin County. (anthropological spoof)
 
  -    Apuleius of Madauros, Amazigh Philosopher (2001) 
                     The Amazigh Voice, ACAA
 
 -    The Argan Tree (2005), The Amazigh Voice, A.C.A.A.
 
 -    Field of Golden Mummies, (2000)
                                  The Amazigh Voice, A.C.A.A,  also Appendix to book, The Shining Ones.   
 
Miscellaneous presentations:
 
- The importance of international alliances for indigenous activists - United Nations Conference preparatory to First Session of Permanent Forum on Indigenous peoples. (2002)
 
- Desert Schools of Northern Niger Tuaregs- 2003
 
- Moroccan Human Rights.  2004 Press Release -  other various Press Releases for the Amazigh movement.
 
 
Book reviews:
 
 
-   The Berbers  - Brett and Fentress (2002) on internet.
 
-   Amazigh Art in Morocco, review of Cynthia Becker's book, "Amazigh Arts in Morocco, Women Shaping Berber Identity" International Journal of Middle East Studies, Cambridge University Press (2008)
 
<div style="background: #FFFFFF; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; padding: 0 10px 0 0; text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1em;"><div style="font-size: 11px; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px; font-weight:bold; color: #045989;">Cynthia Becker  <i>Amazigh Arts in Morocco, Women Shaping Berber Identity</i> (Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 2006). Pp. 239. $45.00 cloth.</div><div style="font-size: 11px;"><b>Helene E. Hagan (2008).</b><br />
<a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=MES">International Journal of Middle East Studies</a>, <a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=MES&volumeId=40&bVolume=y#loc40
 ">Volume 40</a>,
<a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=MES&volumeId=40&issueId=02&seriesId=0"> Issue 02</a>, May 2008 pp 341-342 <br/>
<a href="
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=1833612">http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=1833612</a></div></div>
-    North African Mosaic (2007) - Back Cover.
 
 
Interviews:
 
 
-   Algerian Kabyle interview of Helene Hagan -   Kabyle.com.  (in French)
 
-   Moroccan interview of Helene Hagan -  Amazigh newspaper (in French)
 
 
Books:
 
 
-  Synopsis of Hagan's book,  "The Shining Ones: Etymological Essay on the Amazigh Roots of Ancient Egyptian civilization"  (2001)   - Amazigh Studies, North African History - Egyptian Prehistory.
 
- Synopsis of Hagan's Book: Tuareg Jewelry: Traditional patterns ans symbols." (2006) - Amazigh Studies - Amazigh Art -
 
 
Other Excerpts:
 
 
- Voices of the Night - Poetry - Various poems published over thirty  years. Golden Poetry Award of California (1982)
Soon to be published. 
 
- Chief Seattle, Fable and Truth - Manuscript completed in 1994. Under revision. American Indian History - Anthropology - U.S.  Literature.
 
- Winyan Sha, Adorned Lakota Woman - in collaboration with Charlotte Black Elk. Photography by Michele Vignes.
Under revision for publication. (American Indian) 
 
- Souls Piled Like Timber - Manuscript of Anthropologist  Paul Radin, Introduction and Conclusion by Helene Hagan. Memories, dreams, visions and conversion stories of African American slaves before, during and after the War of Secession, recorded in early 20th century . Looking for publisher. (African American History, Religion, U.S History, Anthropology.  )
 

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Cafe of the Oudaias, view of Sale Beach, Rabat, Morocco

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