Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry

Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples PoetryJoy Harjo, the first Native poet to serve as U. S. Poet Laureate, has championed the voices of Native peoples past and present. Her signature laureate project gathers the work of contemporary Native poets into a national, fully digital map of story, sound, and space, celebrating their vital and unequivocal contributions to American poetry. This companion anthology features each poem and poet from the projectincluding Natalie Diaz, Ray Young Bear,

and the ancient spirituality and creativity of Erdrich's native homeland—a long

tricksters

Time and again our Elders have said that the 12 Steps of AA are just the same as the principles that our ancestors lived by

while she tries to find a connection to her dead mother

she must navigate all this

Joan turns to Ajean

By reframing how tribes and Native organizations harness these technologies as a means to overcome colonial disconnections

whose literary traditions stretch back centuries

and depth of feeling of a master craftsman

ravens are just a nuisance because they spread garbage all over the street

With soaring imagery

“a citizen of the United States and an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe