A collection of poems written by young Native Americans, inspired by or matched with photographs of artifacts and people from the National Museum of the American Indian.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Ojibwe -- Somewhere deep inside / Angela Cornelius -- Bad luck (the life I wish I never had) / Kelly Ahles -- My song / Kimberly Eagle Bull -- Manido Mashkimod (spirit bag) / Rainbird Winters -- Empty cradleboard / Millissa Alger -- Atikinaagan (cradleboard) / Rainbird Winters -- I look at you / Kelly Hill -- Untitled / James Haggerty -- Lakota -- Ration day / Quinton Jack-Maldonado -- The fight / Daneille Dull Knife -- Horse dance stick / Angela Cornelius -- Stormfear / Limberly Eagle Bull -- Omaha -- If I could see the sky / Jillian Pappan -- Navajo -- Ancient ways / Elvania Toledo -- Untitled / Shawnetaiye Wynett -- The ancient doll. Burning land / Daisha Jim -- Cociti-Kiowa -- My daddy named me A-dae. I always begin with I remember. Bingo bread / Vena A-dae Romero -- Tohono O'odham -- Things I would miss about the desert / Angela Ramon -- Being Indian / Dana Mathias -- In the rain / Patrick Lewis-Jose -- The sunrise /Juan Jose -- The wind picks up / Rayna Two Two -- Song / Stephane Vieyra -- Beautiful flower / Julene Ramon -- Funeral / Colleen Francisco -- Is it "I am" or "my name" / Josie Frye.