Blue Corn Tongue: Poems in the Mouth of the Desert Taíno Louise and her younger sister

Louise and her younger sister have grown up into the harsh social and physical landscape of western Montana in the 1940s

a false accusation

Acoma Pueblo poet Ortiz spent a winter in South Dakota

but keen-eyed kids will have spotted her hiding in the background throughout the story

Indigenous academic Carolyn Roberts offers a deep understanding of how to support educators with Indigenous education and to create a nurturing and inclusive environment for all students

Blue Corn Tongue: Poems in the Mouth of the Desert Taíno Louise and her younger sisterIn a voice that is jubilant, irreverent, sometimes scouring, sometimes heartfelt, and always unmistakably her own, Amber McCrary remaps the deserts of Arizona through the blue corn story of a young Din woman figuring out love and life with an O'odham man. Reflecting experiences of Indigenous joy, pain, and family, these shapeshifting poems celebrate the love between two Native partners, a love that flourishes alongside the traumas they face in the