Okay, so I am in the process of planning an epic Jacob/Emily oneshot (don't laugh!), and something about this has lit not only my creative fires but my OCD tendancies.  I want all of the details to be right, which means I need to be doing some serious research.  Obviously I should be looking for a lot of this stuff on my own, and I do intend to as ( Read more... )

The TwiCon in Dallas has a panel on the depiction of Jacob's character in fanfiction. The exciting news is that bodyparts , who is a member here and a Quinault (their reservation is where the Quileutes lived before they had La Push), will be addressing the treatment of Jacob Black in fanfiction. She's not a fanfic writer, and not so much of a reader, but ( Read more... )

I'm writing a story right now and I could use some help on what reservation life is like ( Read more... )

Hi :)

My niece Courtney who is 14, has a school history project where she had to choose an indigenous culture to write about. We are Australians and I hope this is alright to ask here.

and I was hoping someone from this group might be able to answer some questions particularly question 3 as we found books to help with the first two, or ( Read more... )

Hi guys. I'm new here.

I grew up on the Quinault rez, right below the Quileute rez. I'll admit that I really don't even seriously like Twilight (I'm from ontd_twatlight, but I'm one of the nice ones), and the only reason why I started reading them is because I heard it was set in my hometown ( Read more... )

This is really a question for the mods.  I wanted to know if we can discuss our feelings/thoughts/opinions about the casting of Jacob in the fandom and also in the upcoming Twilight movie.  If we can, that's great and I'll edit this post to kick off the discussion.  Thanks!

Here's my edit:

Since I was given the green light, I'll make my points and ( Read more... )

Let me preface this post by introducing myself as the pinnacle of white. I don't have an ounce of anything in me but Anglo-Saxon European. And for that, I'm sorry ( Read more... )

I've been waiting for a community like this one to come along! I am not native, but I have a number of friends who are and the culture/history (specifically PNW, since I live in Washington State) has always been of interest to me. Last summer said friends took me to the powwow in Discovery Park and it was awesome-but I digress. I also am in the ( Read more... )

I'm not Native, but a Lakota friend introduced me to a number of native issues a few years ago. I found it fascinating. He also introduced me to Sherman Alexie's writing, which rocked my world. From the first time I read Twilight, I was interested in how real Indians, particularly those who are Quileute, might respond, and by the time I finished ( Read more... )