Saanii Dahataal: Poems and Stories

Saanii Dahataal: Poems and StoriesIn this cycle of poetry and stories, Navajo writer Luci Tapahonso shares memories of her home in Shiprock, New Mexico, and of the places and people there. Through these celebrations of birth, partings, and reunions, this gifted writer displays both her love of the Navajo world and her resonant use of language. Blending memoir and fiction in the storytelling style common to many Indian traditions, Tapahonso's writing shows that life and death are

and the inspiring stories of successful language warriors

Pixie Paranteau has insisted that everyone call her Patrice

people and insights

After identifying the challenges involved in revitalizing and maintaining traditional food systems

ecosystem collapse from near-extinction of bison

such as Cree and Saulteaux (Ojibwe)

Neihardt provide background on this landmark work along with pieces by Vine Deloria Jr

Indigenous acts of resistance have in recent years opposed the removal of federal protections for forests and waterways in Indigenous lands

"perhaps at the farthest reaches of the galaxy

and humility are all shown to us by grandfather rocks

as part of the Iroquois oral tradition

as Lissa atones for her own crimes and reckons with generations of trauma