Karoniaktatie Alex Jacobs
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Karoniaktatie Alex Jacobs

Karoniaktatie Alex Jacobs is an Akwesasronon artist, poet, and radio host. His artwork has been displayed at locations such as the American Indian Archaeological Institute. Jacobs has put out two poetry collections. His first, Landscape: Old and New Poems, was published in 1984 through Blue Cloud Quarterly Press.  His second, Loving… in the Reagan Era, was released in the 1990s. He, along with January Rogers, make up the poetry collective Ikkwenyes. They co-produced the poetry CD Got Your Back

Jacobs worked for the Mohawk Nation newspaper and Akwesasne Notes, an international Native journal, as a poetry editor from 1972 to 1974 and a co-editor from 1983 to 1986. He was involved with the founding of the community newspaper, Indian Time, and he co-founded Akwekon, a Native arts journal he also co-edited from 1985 to 1986.