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Songs, Blood Deep
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Native American HistoryGeneral Poetry
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ISBN10: 1737405148
ISBN13: 9781737405146
Publisher: Holy Cow Press
Published: Oct 3 2023
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781737405146
Publisher: Holy Cow Press
Published: Oct 3 2023
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
*FINALIST, 2024 Minnesota Book Awards
The poems are quiet and powerful, understated and deeply moving.--Carter Revard, author of How the Songs Come Down: New & Selected Poems
What flows deep from the heart songs of
these poems is Gwen Westerman's proud and profound engagement with and
transmission of closely held cultural values of the Dakota people.
Originating from the prairies of the Great Plains, this is a
collection that affirms a passion for family, community, and the
environment. Westerman draws upon both English and the Dakota
language to celebrate the survival of her people and articulate the
conflicts of the past and present, so that an enriched future will
endure. The long opening poem reclaims the Mississippi River as a sacred resource, In the beginning/de Dakota Makoce/this was a Dakota place./The water was pure. Historical
misinformation about the First Peoples is unmasked, the record set
straight apart from how explorers and conquering armies have wrongly
portrayed the past. Herein life-affirming words are
conveyed from grandmother, to mother, to children and offered as a
gift to the reader, This is my give-away--to touch what is good in you/with words your heart can hear.
Originating from the prairies of the Great Plains, this is a
collection that affirms a passion for family, community, and the
environment. Westerman draws upon both English and the Dakota
language to celebrate the survival of her people and articulate the
conflicts of the past and present, so that an enriched future will
endure. The long opening poem reclaims the Mississippi River as a sacred resource, In the beginning/de Dakota Makoce/this was a Dakota place./The water was pure. Historical
misinformation about the First Peoples is unmasked, the record set
straight apart from how explorers and conquering armies have wrongly
portrayed the past. Herein life-affirming words are
conveyed from grandmother, to mother, to children and offered as a
gift to the reader, This is my give-away--to touch what is good in you/with words your heart can hear.
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