Living Nations, Living Words : An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry Indigenous American the first Native poet to

the first Native poet to serve as U

and reminds us that it was Indigenous Nations who possessed intricate and far-reaching networks of commerce and kinship

actor and activist born and raised in Prince Albert

has written and illustrated Birdsong

Phillips is Canada Research Chair and Professor of Art History at Carleton University in Ottawa

Living Nations, Living Words : An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry Indigenous American the first Native poet toJoy Harjo is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. A powerful, moving anthology that celebrates the breadth of Native poets writing today. Joy 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