Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry Inuit Firmly grounding Indigenous continuance in

Firmly grounding Indigenous continuance in sacred landscapes

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By gathering the traditions and ceremonies in a single volume

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Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry Inuit Firmly grounding Indigenous continuance inJoy 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,