Indigenous Poetics Cheyenne she couldn’t help but wonder

she couldn’t help but wonder

searching for the daughter she gave birth to while in prison

Margaret Kendell

Focuses on the Sioux people (Lakota/Teton

" and the collisions and collusions between queer theory and colonialism within Indigenous studies

Indigenous Poetics Cheyenne she couldn’t help but wonderIndigenous Poetics is a collection of essays by contemporary Native American poets in the United States who explore how the genre helps to radically understand, contemplate, and realize something deeper about ourselves, our communities, and our worlds. The collection illuminates the creative process, identity, language, and the making of poetry. The contributors tell us, in their own words and on their own Indigenous terms, how they engage poetic