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.

Includes index.

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.