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Poetry by Indigenous Authors

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Explore the vast array of Indigenous voices contributing to and defining contemporary poetry.

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Living Nations, Living Words

Living Nations, Living Words

An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry

Book - 2021

US Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, edits this collection of poetry by Indigenous authors. She introduces the collection as "poetry [that] emerges from the ...Show more US Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, edits this collection of poetry by Indigenous authors. She introduces the collection as "poetry [that] emerges from the soul of a community, the heart and lands of the people. In this country, poetry is rooted in the more than 500 living indigenous nations." Show less

US Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, edits this collection of poetry by Indigenous authors. She introduces the collection as "poetry [that] emerges from the ...Show more US Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, edits this collection of poetry by Indigenous authors. She introduces the collection as "poetry [that] emerges from the soul of a community, the heart and lands of the people. In this country, poetry is rooted in the more than 500 living indigenous nations." Show less

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Language Arts

Language Arts

by Sigo, Cedar

Streaming Audiobook - 2021

Suquamish. Playful and spontaneous, adventurous and loving. Sigo's poems read like a poetry dance party. Suquamish. Playful and spontaneous, adventurous and loving. Sigo's poems read like a poetry dance party. Show less

Suquamish. Playful and spontaneous, adventurous and loving. Sigo's poems read like a poetry dance party. Suquamish. Playful and spontaneous, adventurous and loving. Sigo's poems read like a poetry dance party. Show less

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it was never going to be okay

it was never going to be okay

by simpson, jaye

eBook - 2020

Anishinaabeg and Oji-Cree. simpson explores their intersecting identities, including Indigeneity and queerness. Anishinaabeg and Oji-Cree. simpson explores their intersecting identities, including Indigeneity and queerness. Show less

Anishinaabeg and Oji-Cree. simpson explores their intersecting identities, including Indigeneity and queerness. Anishinaabeg and Oji-Cree. simpson explores their intersecting identities, including Indigeneity and queerness. Show less

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Bones

Bones

by Pennock, Tyler

eBook - 2020

Cree - Nehiyawak and Métis. Pennock's debut poetry collection looks inward, challenging memory, identity, and experiences through dreams and shadows. Cree - Nehiyawak and Métis. Pennock's debut poetry collection looks inward, challenging memory, identity, and experiences through dreams and shadows. Show less

Cree - Nehiyawak and Métis. Pennock's debut poetry collection looks inward, challenging memory, identity, and experiences through dreams and shadows. Cree - Nehiyawak and Métis. Pennock's debut poetry collection looks inward, challenging memory, identity, and experiences through dreams and shadows. Show less

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Blood

Blood

by Pennock, Tyler

eBook - 2022

Cree - Set in the same world as Bones, this book focuses on a Two-Spirit Indigenous person trying to navigate their relationship with their culture, their surroundings and themselves and exploring the bonds of human and non-human kinship. Cree - Set in the same world as Bones, this book focuses on a Two-Spirit Indigenous person trying to navigate their relationship with their culture, their surroundings and themselves and exploring the bonds of human and non-human kinship. Show less

Cree - Set in the same world as Bones, this book focuses on a Two-Spirit Indigenous person trying to navigate their relationship with their culture, their surroundings and themselves and exploring the bonds of human and non-human kinship. Cree - Set in the same world as Bones, this book focuses on a Two-Spirit Indigenous person trying to navigate their relationship with their culture, their surroundings and themselves and exploring the bonds of human and non-human kinship. Show less

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Nature Poem

Nature Poem

by Pico, Tommy

Streaming Audiobook - 2020

Kumeyaay Nation. Pico grapples with his unwillingness to write about nature in contrast with colonial stereotypes and his own identity in this book-length poem. Kumeyaay Nation. Pico grapples with his unwillingness to write about nature in contrast with colonial stereotypes and his own identity in this book-length poem. Show less

Kumeyaay Nation. Pico grapples with his unwillingness to write about nature in contrast with colonial stereotypes and his own identity in this book-length poem. Kumeyaay Nation. Pico grapples with his unwillingness to write about nature in contrast with colonial stereotypes and his own identity in this book-length poem. Show less

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When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through

A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry

Book - 2020

Kumeyaay Nation. Pico grapples with his unwillingness to write about nature in contrast with colonial stereotypes and his own identity in this book-length poem. Kumeyaay Nation. Pico grapples with his unwillingness to write about nature in contrast with colonial stereotypes and his own identity in this book-length poem. Show less

Kumeyaay Nation. Pico grapples with his unwillingness to write about nature in contrast with colonial stereotypes and his own identity in this book-length poem. Kumeyaay Nation. Pico grapples with his unwillingness to write about nature in contrast with colonial stereotypes and his own identity in this book-length poem. Show less

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Apple Skin to the Core

Apple Skin to the Core

[a Memoir in Words and Pictures]

by Gansworth, Eric L.

Book - 2020

Onondaga, Tuscarora Nation. A memoir in verse, prose, and imagery layering intersecting identities, generational and individual experiences, isolation, and memory. Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Onondaga, Tuscarora Nation. A memoir in verse, prose, and imagery layering intersecting identities, generational and individual experiences, isolation, and memory. Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Show less

Onondaga, Tuscarora Nation. A memoir in verse, prose, and imagery layering intersecting identities, generational and individual experiences, isolation, and memory. Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Onondaga, Tuscarora Nation. A memoir in verse, prose, and imagery layering intersecting identities, generational and individual experiences, isolation, and memory. Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Show less

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Little Big Bully

Little Big Bully

by Erdrich, Heid E.

Book - 2020

Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. Erdrich investigates oppression in the current political and social climate with language that carries its own percussion. Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. Erdrich investigates oppression in the current political and social climate with language that carries its own percussion. Show less

Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. Erdrich investigates oppression in the current political and social climate with language that carries its own percussion. Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. Erdrich investigates oppression in the current political and social climate with language that carries its own percussion. Show less

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Postcolonial Love Poem

Postcolonial Love Poem

by Diaz, Natalie

Book - 2020

Akimel O'odham. Love poems against erasure; compassion for bodies of land and water; and tenderness for language, enemies, and family. These poems invite the reader to reengage with the world through tenderness. Akimel O'odham. Love poems against erasure; compassion for bodies of land and water; and tenderness for language, enemies, and family. These poems invite the reader to reengage with the world through tenderness. Show less

Akimel O'odham. Love poems against erasure; compassion for bodies of land and water; and tenderness for language, enemies, and family. These poems invite the reader to reengage with the world through tenderness. Akimel O'odham. Love poems against erasure; compassion for bodies of land and water; and tenderness for language, enemies, and family. These poems invite the reader to reengage with the world through tenderness. Show less

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Habitat Threshold

Habitat Threshold

by Santos Perez, Craig

Book - 2020

Chamorro. A collection of eco-poetry that encounters the natural world with childlike awe, mourning and hope. Chamorro. A collection of eco-poetry that encounters the natural world with childlike awe, mourning and hope. Show less

Chamorro. A collection of eco-poetry that encounters the natural world with childlike awe, mourning and hope. Chamorro. A collection of eco-poetry that encounters the natural world with childlike awe, mourning and hope. Show less

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An American Sunrise

An American Sunrise

Poems

by Harjo, Joy

Book - 2019

Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Harjo, the first Indigenous Poet Laureate of the United States, engages in dialogue with her personal and Tribal histories, family deaths, and her involvement with the Native rights movement. Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Harjo, the first Indigenous Poet Laureate of the United States, engages in dialogue with her personal and Tribal histories, family deaths, and her involvement with the Native rights movement. Show less

Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Harjo, the first Indigenous Poet Laureate of the United States, engages in dialogue with her personal and Tribal histories, family deaths, and her involvement with the Native rights movement. Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Harjo, the first Indigenous Poet Laureate of the United States, engages in dialogue with her personal and Tribal histories, family deaths, and her involvement with the Native rights movement. Show less

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Eyes Bottle Dark With A Mouthful of Flowers

Eyes Bottle Dark With A Mouthful of Flowers

Poems

by Skeets, Jake

Book - 2019

Diné. Skeet's debut collection of poetry unfolds in Gallup, New Mexico, with luminous and bleak language guiding the reader through coming of age in the "Indian Capital of the World." Diné. Skeet's debut collection of poetry unfolds in Gallup, New Mexico, with luminous and bleak language guiding the reader through coming of age in the "Indian Capital of the World." Show less

Diné. Skeet's debut collection of poetry unfolds in Gallup, New Mexico, with luminous and bleak language guiding the reader through coming of age in the "Indian Capital of the World." Diné. Skeet's debut collection of poetry unfolds in Gallup, New Mexico, with luminous and bleak language guiding the reader through coming of age in the "Indian Capital of the World." Show less

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The Nightlife

The Nightlife

Poems

by Paschen, Elise

eBook - 2017

Osage. Paschen's collection draws on dream life and what is hidden in the night. Osage. Paschen's collection draws on dream life and what is hidden in the night. Show less

Osage. Paschen's collection draws on dream life and what is hidden in the night. Osage. Paschen's collection draws on dream life and what is hidden in the night. Show less

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Dissolve

Dissolve

by Bitsui, Sherwin

eBook - 2019

Diné. Bitsui takes the reader through the American Southwest, visiting and revisiting places rural and urban, familiar and strange, shifting and hazy. Diné. Bitsui takes the reader through the American Southwest, visiting and revisiting places rural and urban, familiar and strange, shifting and hazy. Show less

Diné. Bitsui takes the reader through the American Southwest, visiting and revisiting places rural and urban, familiar and strange, shifting and hazy. Diné. Bitsui takes the reader through the American Southwest, visiting and revisiting places rural and urban, familiar and strange, shifting and hazy. Show less

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Whereas

Whereas

by Long Soldier, Layli

Book - 2017

Oglala Lakota. A collection of short verse, prose poems, narrative sequences, resolutions, and disclaimers confronting the coercive behavior of the U.S. government in Tribal relations, both historically and presently. Oglala Lakota. A collection of short verse, prose poems, narrative sequences, resolutions, and disclaimers confronting the coercive behavior of the U.S. government in Tribal relations, both historically and presently. Show less

Oglala Lakota. A collection of short verse, prose poems, narrative sequences, resolutions, and disclaimers confronting the coercive behavior of the U.S. government in Tribal relations, both historically and presently. Oglala Lakota. A collection of short verse, prose poems, narrative sequences, resolutions, and disclaimers confronting the coercive behavior of the U.S. government in Tribal relations, both historically and presently. Show less

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Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's

Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's

by Midge, Tiffany

Book - 2019

Standing Rock Sioux. This collection, although mostly essays, does include poetry that shifts between genres and changes from humor to political commentary, despair to sharp satire. Standing Rock Sioux. This collection, although mostly essays, does include poetry that shifts between genres and changes from humor to political commentary, despair to sharp satire. Show less

Standing Rock Sioux. This collection, although mostly essays, does include poetry that shifts between genres and changes from humor to political commentary, despair to sharp satire. Standing Rock Sioux. This collection, although mostly essays, does include poetry that shifts between genres and changes from humor to political commentary, despair to sharp satire. Show less

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New Poets of Native Nations

New Poets of Native Nations

Book - 2018

Edited by Heid E. Erdrich, this collection explores the range of contemporary Indigenous poetry from poets of all ages, styles, languages, and Tribal affiliations. Edited by Heid E. Erdrich, this collection explores the range of contemporary Indigenous poetry from poets of all ages, styles, languages, and Tribal affiliations. Show less

Edited by Heid E. Erdrich, this collection explores the range of contemporary Indigenous poetry from poets of all ages, styles, languages, and Tribal affiliations. Edited by Heid E. Erdrich, this collection explores the range of contemporary Indigenous poetry from poets of all ages, styles, languages, and Tribal affiliations. Show less

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Moccasins And Microphones

Moccasins And Microphones

Modern Native Storytelling Through Performance Poetry

Streaming Video - 2012

This documentary follow the Santa Fe Indian School Spoken Word Team during the development and presentation of their spoken work poetry intertwined with traditional and contemporary song and dance. This documentary follow the Santa Fe Indian School Spoken Word Team during the development and presentation of their spoken work poetry intertwined with traditional and contemporary song and dance. Show less

This documentary follow the Santa Fe Indian School Spoken Word Team during the development and presentation of their spoken work poetry intertwined with traditional and contemporary song and dance. This documentary follow the Santa Fe Indian School Spoken Word Team during the development and presentation of their spoken work poetry intertwined with traditional and contemporary song and dance. Show less

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