Whereas Cree Line drawings throughout

Line drawings throughout

poetry and prose

A bold and profound meditation on trauma

the history of American Indians and American law has been one of clashing values and sometimes uneasy compromise

Whereas Cree Line drawings throughoutWHEREAS her birth signaled the responsibility as mother to teach what it is to be Lakota therein the question: What did I know about being Lakota? Signaled panic, blood rush my embarrassment. What did I know of our language but pieces? Would I teach her to be pieces? Until a friend comforted, Dont worry, you and your daughter will learn together. Today she stood sunlight on her shoulders lean and straight to share a song in Din, her fathers language.