Alicia Karen Elkins is an Irish/Cherokee half-breed. She is a former sergeant of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, where she served in an all-male unit in a combat position. Karen has served as state commander for AllVets in multiple states and is an activist for veterans' rights and benefits.

Karen is a native hillbilly of the Appalachian foothills in northeast Alabama. She is Cherokee proud and has been honored as a warrior among her people. She is a follower of Native American beliefs and practices and an activist for Native American rights.

She spends her time reading, writing, listening to music, dancing, watching movies and doing crafts. She is extremely eccentric, reclusive and a loner by nature, although she does hope to eventually settle into a comfy domestic role with her entire world wrapped around the elusive Mr. Right.

Reviews by Alicia include:

Audima
Definition

Bad Livers
Horses in the Mines

Kevin Patrick Baiko
Fool's Gold

Bembeya Jazz
Bembeya

Peter "Wyoming" Bender
Canyon Drums: An Exploration of Native Drumming

Emile Benoit
Vive La Rose

Blackstone
Pictures of You: Round Dance Songs

Black Whistle Singers
Remembering Friends

Bluegrass Diamonds
Les Souvenirs de Mon Enfance

Chief Jimmy Bruneau School Drummers
Drum Dance Music of the Dogrib

Burning Sky
Spirits in the Wind

Doug Cameron
Rendezvous

Eric Casillas
Creation Chant

Don Chaffer & Waterdeep
Whole 'Nother Deal

Lori Chaffer
1 Beginning

Cherokee National Children's Choir, with Rita Coolidge
Voices of the Creator's Children

Cherokee National Youth Choir, with Gil Silverbird
Building One Fire

Robert Tree Cody & Rob Wallace, with Will Clipman
White Buffalo

Judy Collins
Shameless

Rita Coolidge, Laura Satterfield & Priscilla Coolidge
Walela

David Corter
Didgeridoo Mania II: Goin' Walkabout

David Cortopassi
Embrace Destiny

Coyote Zen
Medicine Dog

Doina Timisului
Romanian Tradition

Steven B. Eulberg
Dulcimer-Friendly Worship, Vol. II

Joseph Fire Crow
Cheyenne Nation

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo

Mara Freeman
Celtic Tales of Birds & Beasts

Alice Gomez, with Madalyn Blanchett & Marilyn Rife
Obsidian Butterfly
While the Eagle Sleeps: Night Songs & Lullabies of the Native American Flute

Gonzo
self-titled

Michael Gore & Lynn Ahrens
Camp

Govi
Heart of a Gypsy

Gu-Achi Fiddlers
Old Time O'odham Fiddle Music

High Noon
Songs for Our People: Original Pow Wow Songs

William Horncloud
Traditional Lakota Songs

Karsh Kale
Liberation

Peter Kater
Red Moon

Mamani Keita & Marc Minelli
Electro Bamako

Kiowa Dance Group Singers
Traditional Kiowa Songs

Howard Lyons
Spirit Walk

Gerardo Maza
Grain of Sand

Jeremiah McLane & Ruthie Dornfeld
Hummingbird

Method Actor with Eva Cassidy
self-titled

Michael Paul Miller
Homeward

R. Carlos Nakai
Spirit Horses: Concerto for Native American Flute & Chamber Orchestra

Natay
Navajo Singer: The Music of Ed Lee Natay

Northern Cree & Friends
Round Dance Songs Recorded Live

Passing Through
Just Passin' Thru

The Pogues
Waiting For Herb

Porcupine Singers
Traditional Lakota Songs

Doc Powell
97th & Columbus

Raga Nova
self-titled

Rednex
Sex & Violins

Red Road Crossing
Native American Chants & Dances

Reggae Cowboys
Stone Ranger

Konrad Rhee
Night Flight - A Separate Reality

Roxeen
Tell Me Mister

Rich Ryan & Kat Del Rio
Sol Feather

DJ Cheb i Sabbah
As Far As: A DJ Mix

The Scoldees
Nightcap World

Joanne Shenandoah
Peace & Power: The Best of Joanne Shenandoah

Michael Shull
Appalachian Sunday: Old Time Gospel Instrumentals
Come Into His Presence
Swingin' the Gospel

Steinke & Hausler
Yellowstone Winds

Michael Stearns & Ron Sunsinger
Singing Stones

Paul Taylor
Walkabout
Cooee: Songs & Stories from Down Under, with Don Spencer

Jeffrey Thompson & Pat Moffitt
Brainwave Symphony: Orchestrate Your State of Mind

The Tootosis Family
The Drums of Poundmaker: Cree Pow-Wow Songs

various artists
Apache: Traditional Apache Songs
Arabian Travels 2
Celtic Christmas: A Windham Hill Sampler
Hearts, Hands & Hides: A Shamanic Journey into Native Drumming of the Americas
Honor: A Benefit for the Honor the Earth Campaign
Hopi Butterfly
Native Music of Northwest Mexico: Tarahumara, Warihio & Mayo
Native Worlds: Tribal Meetings, Cultural World Music of the Americas
Northern Exposure
Peyote Ceremonial Songs
Pow-Wow! Southern Style Pow-Wow Songs
Pueblo Songs from San Juan, New Mexico
Sacred Dance: Pow-Wows of the Native American Indians
The Sounds of Nova Scotia, Vol. 2
Tidings of Joy: An Eversound Holiday Celebration
Tohono O'odham: Traditional Tohono O'odham Songs
Traditional Music from Warm Springs
Traditional Navajo Songs
Traditional Voices: Historic Recordings of Traditional Native American Music
Tribal Meetings: Native American & Andean Flute Music
Utes: Traditional Ute Songs
World of Gypsies, Vol. III
Yaqui Ritual & Festive Music

Gerald Veasley
Velvet

"King" Naat Veliov & the Original Kocani Orkestar
Gypsy Follies

Ken Waldman
Burnt Down House
Music Party

TerryLee Whetstone
Good Medicine
Kairos: The Past, Present & Future

Dan Whiteley
Highway Home

Randy Wood
Round Dance the Night Away

Sylvia Woods
The Harp of Brandiswhiere: A Suite for Celtic Harp

Young Bird
Only the Strong Survive

Mary Youngblood
Beneath the Raven Moon

Young Grey Horse Society
Songs of the Blackfeet

Georghe Zampir & Friends
Folksongs from Rumania


Diane Ahlquist
Moon Spells: How to Use the Phases of the Moon to Get What You Want

J. Robert Alley
Raincoast Sasquatch: The Bigfoot/Sasquatch Records of Southeast Alaska, Coastal British Columbia & Northwest Washington from Puget Sound to Yakutat

Stephen E. Ambrose
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Lynn Andrews
Spirit Woman: The Teachings of the Shields

Kelley Armstrong
Stolen: Women of the Otherworld, Book II

James Bonwick
Irish Druids & Old Irish Religions

Angela Bourke
The Burning of Bridget Cleary

Ciaran Brady, editor
The Encyclopedia of Ireland

Joseph Bruchac
Heroes & Heroines, Monsters & Magic: Native American Legends & Folktales
The Native American Sweat Lodge: History & Legends

Diana Brueton
The Moon: Myth, Magic & Fact

Dawn Baumann Brunke
Animal Voices: Telepathic Communication in the Web of Life

Raymond Buckland
The Witch Book: The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Wicca & Neo-paganism

Christopher K. Coleman
Ghosts & Haunts of the Civil War

Loren L. Coleman
Battletech/MechWarrior: A Call to Arms

Matthew J. Culligan & Peter Cherici
The Wandering Irish in Europe: Their Influence from the Dark Ages to Modern Times

Elaine Cunningham
Forgotten Realms: Starlight & Shadows 3: Windwalker

Scott Cunningham
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs

Jeremiah Curtin
Irish Fairy Tales

Ellen Datlow, editor
A Whisper of Blood

H.R. Ellis Davidson
Gods & Myths of Northern Europe

John Dear, editor
Mohandas Gandhi: Essential Writings

Philip J. Deloria
Playing Indian

S.M.W. Dunnit, editor
Irish Lore & Legends

Gerina Dunwich
A Witch's Guide to Ghosts & the Supernatural

Loring Emery
The Machine: A Science Fiction Novel
Pig Jump: A Historical Novel

Richard Erdoes & Alfonso Ortiz, editors
American Indian Myths & Legends

Sasha Fenton & Jonathan Dee
Moon Signs: Reveal Your Inner Feelings & Discover Your Future

Jude Fisher
Fool's Gold #2: Wild Magic

Arlene Gaal
In Search of Ogopogo: Sacred Creature of the Okanagan Waters

Antonio R. Garcez
American Indian Ghost Stories of the Southwest

J.T. Garrett
The Cherokee Herbal: Native Plant Medicine from the Four Directions
Meditations With the Cherokee: Prayers, Songs & Stories of Healing & Harmony

Michael Garrett
Walking on the Wind: Cherokee Teachings for Healing through Harmony & Balance

Kurt R.A. Giambastiani
Shadow of the Storm

Jerome A. Greene
Nez Perce Summer 1877: The U.S. Army & the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis

Rosemary Ellen Guiley
The Encyclopedia of Ghosts & Spirits
The Encyclopedia of Witches & Witchcraft

Aubrey L. Haines
An Elusive Victory: The Battle of the Big Hole

Peter Haining, editor
Great Irish Tales of Horror: A Treasury of Fear

Barb & J.C. Hendee
Dhampir

Tony Hillerman
Skinwalkers

Walter Ihlefield
Banshee Rising
Controlled Conclusion

Lee Irwin, editor
Native American Spirituality

Harish Johari & Vatsala Sperling
How Ganesh Got His Elephant Head

Michael Jordan
Encyclopedia of Gods: Over 2,500 Deities of the World

John A. Kinch
A Journey for All Seasons: A Cross-Country Celebration of the Natural World

Sirona Knight
Celtic Traditions: Druids, Faeries & Wiccan Rituals

Grover S. Krantz
Bigfoot Sasquatch: Evidence

Bobby Lake-Thom
Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life & Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear

Claude Lecouteux
Witches, Werewolves & Fairies: Shapeshifters & Astral Doubles in the Middle Ages

Ocha'ni Lele
The Diloggun: The Orishas, Proverbs, Sacrifices & Prohibitions of Cuban Santeria

Bob Levin
The Pirates & the Mouse: Disney's War Against the Counterculture

Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Those of My Blood

Carol K. Mack & Dinah Mack
A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels & Other Subversive Spirits

John Marco
The Devil's Armor

John Matthews
The Green Man: Spirit of Nature

Edain McCoy
A Witch's Guide to Faery Folk

Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Coyote Healing: Miracles in Native Medicine

J. Gordon Melton
The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead

James Mooney
Myths of the Cherokee

Christopher L. Murphy
Meet the Sasquatch, with John Green & Thomas Steenburg

R. Carlos Nakai & James Demars
The Art of the Native American Flute

Scott Nicholson
The Red Church

Henry Niese
The Man Who Knew the Medicine: The Teachings of Bill Eagle Feather

Michael Norman & Beth Scott
Haunted America

Devdutt Pattanaik
Indian Mythology: Tales, Symbols & Rituals from the Heart of the Subcontinent

Catherine Peek, editor
A Treasury of North American Folktales

Thom Powell
The Locals: A Contemporary Investigation of the Bigfoot/Sasquatch Phenomenon

Edwin & Mona A. Radford
Encyclopedia of Superstitions

Nancy Red Star
Legends of the Star Ancestors: Stories of Extraterrestrial Contact from Wisdomkeepers Around the World

Lori Reid
Moon Blessings: Drawing Inspiration & Power from the Moon

Hope Ryden
America's Last Wild Horses

S.E. Schlosser
Spooky New England: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings & Other Local Lore

Rick Shelley
Spec Ops Squad: Sucker Punch

Vandana Shiva
Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature & Knowledge

Ralph Lee Smith, with Madeline MacNeil
Folk Songs of Old Kentucky

Christopher Snyder
The World of King Arthur

Eddie Stack
The West, with Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill

Brad Steiger
The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings

Omer C. Stewart
Peyote Religion: A History

James Treat, editor
Native & Christian: Indigenous Voices on Religious Identity in the United States & Canada

Jack Tresidder
Symbols & Their Meanings: The Illustrated Guide To More Than 1,000 Symbols, Their Traditional & Contemporary Significance

Frank Waters
Masked Gods: Navaho & Pueblo Ceremonialism

TerryLee Whetstone
Good Medicine Book

C. Keith Wilbur
Woodland Indians: An Illustrated Account of the Lifestyles of America's First Inhabitants


Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy To Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Cruel Intentions

Dangerous Liasions

Daughters of Satan

Dragonheart: A New Beginning

Edward Scissorhands

Enemy at the Gates

The Field

Geronimo: An American Legend

Hannibal

Hook

The Indian in the Cupboard

Interview with the Vampire

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

In the Name of the Father

The Name of the Rose

Othello

Prospero's Books

Queen of the Damned

Quills

Remains of the Day

Sense & Sensibility

Shadowlands

10 Things I Hate About You

Time Bandits

Tremors

Tremors 2: Aftershocks

Tremors 3: Back to Perfection

Valmont

Wicked