The People Shall Continue coyote confronting family tragedies

confronting family tragedies

It is the story of Native nations combating environmental injustice and longtime discrimination and rebuilding their communities

” Billy-Ray Belcourt’s debut poetry collection

guarded fire and kept it from the earth

as Natives are

The People Shall Continue coyote confronting family tragediesTold in the rhythms of traditional oral narrative, this powerful telling of the history of the Native Indigenous peoples of North America recounts their story from Creation to the invasion and usurpation of Native lands. As more and more people arrived, The People saw that the new men did not respect the land. The People witnessed the destruction of their Nations and the enslavement of their people. The People fought hard, but eventually agreed to