Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Kadashan’s Christian name is Bertrand J. Adams, Sr. He is of Tlingit decent from Yakutat, Alaska a village in the northern panhandle of southeast Alaska. He was given his birth name, Kadashan, by his grandmother who named him after her father, Kadashan, who was a Tlingit leader from Wrangell, located on the southern end of the panhandle. The elder Kadashan, as a young man, traveled a lot in the southern end of Alaska and was one of the guides to world traveler and naturalist, John Muir. He, Sitka Charlie and Toyetta took Muir from one end of the panhandle to the other all the way to Glacier Bay. In his later years, even though he was known by historians as Chief Kadashan, he eventually became known as a “peacemaker.” because of his knowledge of culture and leadership abilities. Kadashan means “red tide coming.”
Modern day Kadashan began writing when he was in college. He was encouraged to write by his creative writing instructor. Twenty years later his retired teacher visited him, read the stories he had stored all these years in a drawer and persuaded him to publish his short stories. Eventually he was discovered by the Alaska Native Magazine; the publisher and owner of the magazine, began to feature his short stories and his water color paintings. Shortly afte,r he began writing articles and essays for the now defunct Tundra Times, a statewide Alaska Native newspaper. His commentaries dealt with Indian politics and tribal governments. Eventually he was under contract with the Juneau Empire and wrote a monthly column for the Capital city’s statewide paper for six years. He tweaked these essays and self published a book, which is now on Amazon called the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God, Our lives our Liberties, our pursuit of Happiness from a Native American Perspective. Kadashan has the short story collection he drafted while in college in eBook on Amazon. The stories are illustrated with his own water color paintings.
Kadashan Speaks, Legal Plunder is now republished after he took it off Amazon last year. He brings it forth again because he believes is it the signs of the times.
When Raven Cries is a novel in paperback. It is out of print now but Kadashan is working to have it in digital form on Amazon before Christmas. He is presently working on another novel and a non-fiction book about the history and culture of his clan from his ancestral roots from the Akwe River near Yakutat. He expects to have more short non-fiction pieces like Kadashan Speaks in the future.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Kadashan Speaks, Legal Plunder. The issues and events that are taking place in our federal government has enabled me to take this book off the shelf, dust it off and bring it before for the public again. It is time that America understand what legal plunder really is and how it is being utilized right under our noses and before our very eyes.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write early in the mornings before my wife get out of bed and destroys the rest of the day. Sometimes I have to force myself to write on a regular basis. I have abandoned the idea that I sometimes have “writer’s block.” Oftentimes I work on a project without an outline, and have learned that an outline is almost required if I want tot go from beginning to end.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I liked John O’Hara’s short stories and John Steinbeck. Douglas H. Thayer’s short stories Under the Cottonwoods have helped me with style and character building.
What are you working on now?
I am working a novel, Of the Dying Years, and a no-fiction about my Native American ancestral roots. I am updating my novel When Raven Cries for eBook. I like to keep my website updated regular.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook, Twitter, Awesome Gang, my personal website, Buy Alaska.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read, research and write a lot.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Just .write
What are you reading now?
My sons novel The House of the Frog.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Write a lot of more short pieces for Kadashan Speaks
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The 2000 Year Leap, First Things First, Under the Cottonwoods.
Author Websites and Profiles
Bertrand Adams Website
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.