A Breeze Swept ThroughLuci Tapahonso writes poetry that teaches how to stand up to intimidation; how to grieve and how to not give a damn. Her poetic voice is strong and gentle—speaking for all women in Native America. |
A Really Good Brown GirlA collection of poetry and memories about land, family, and the multiple boundaries imposed by the continuing colonization of the Métis people. |
Abiding Appalachia: Where Mountain and Atom MeetAwiakta’s poetry follows the trail of Awi Usdi, Little Deer, through the saga of Tsali and the Trail of Tears, through her own childhood when the atom was split in secret, and into the heart of the atom itself. |
After and Before the LightningThis volume of poems comes from a winter during which Ortiz lived and worked on the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota. |
An Eagle NationA tour into Indian Country and beyond: from Santa Monica, CA to Washington D.C., the Osage Nation and Oklahoma then Oxford and the Isle of Skye. |
Another Attempt at RescueMandy Smoker is a consummate storyteller whose writing is a blessing, an antidote to the poison force-fed to Indian young people. |
At the Hems of the Lowest CloudsThis extraordinary marriage of visual and literary art offers a subtle and inspiring view of the Navajo landscape. |
Being on the MoonA poignant collection of poems on topics from ceremony to sex to religion. The moon calendar is a consistent theme, as is womanhood. |
Beneath the Naked SunFife’s words are so fierce and strong that readers will see her, standing with her fists clenched, defiantly spitting out an answer to Webster’s definition of the word “savage.” |
Blue Horses Rush InThis book is a gift to Tapahonso's granddaughters, and to all of us. |
Children Left Behind: The Dark Legacy of Indian Mission Boarding SchoolsTim Giago, who spent his childhood at one of these schools, examines the unholy alliance between church and state that tried to destroy generations of Indian children. |
Dirt Road HomeNew England Indians have a history of being written off as not being “real Indians.” Savageau speaks to this. |
Dog Road WomanIn her first collection of poems, Hedge Coke tells about surviving the Indian holocaust, and of the toughness and fragility of life under occupation. |
Drawings of the Song AnimalsNiatum has chosen fifteen poems from twenty-five years of work and also includes poems that have not appeared previously. |
Drifting Through Ancestor DreamsLomatewama’s poetry is a celebration of the world around him. |
Elderberry Flute Song: Contemporary Coyote TalesIn these 56 poems and stories, Coyote is the comic, the amoral, and the obscene. |
FaceSherman Alexie’s first book of poems since 2000. |
First Indian on the MoonIn this stunningly detailed collection of poetry, Sherman Alexie once again serves up a sardonic lyrical snack. |
From Sand CreekOrtiz’s stunning poems are about violence, victims, aggressors of 1864 massacre of 155 Cheyenne. |
From the Belly of My BeautyIn this bold collection of poems and essays, Esther Belin writes of being “raised on a mixture of traditional knowledge and urban life.” |