The Woman Who Married a Bear

The Woman Who Married a BearWinner of the Kenyon Review Earthworks Prize for Indigenous Poetry, Tiffany Midge deftly weaves Plains Indian myths into the present day and seeks to define love, the nature of desire, and identity in the twenty first century. The book includes a series of poems, each titled Considering Wakantanka, that connect the themes throughout the book. The Woman Who Married a Bear showcases the wholly individual voice of a talented poet.

author and illustrator Lisa Boivin tells the story of the loss of her brother and the journey with her Dene traditions to find comfort and the strength to move on from her grief

the gentle lessons on tribal traditions the grandparents give

Like the wolf

A groundbreaking Dakota author and activist chronicles her refusal to assimilate into nineteenth-century white society and her mission to preserve her culture—with an introduction by Layli Long Soldier

on Indian reservations across the West

A meditation

a beautiful show of lights fills the sky

A prominent Navajo educator once told historian Peter Iverson that "the five major sports on the Navajo Nation are basketball

providing warmth

the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Native American groups also watched the motions of the planets

" —Linda LeGarde Grover