he distrusts what it means to write such poems. “Talking about nature, specifically as a Native American poet, it can become fodder for the Noble Savage narrative. I’d never do that.” ...

Native American stories are as varied as the trees ... In the basket of Native stories, we find legends and history, maps and poems, the teachings of spirit mentors, instructions for ceremony ...

So, don't expect any New Age like peons in praise of being one with nature or some other noble ... all expectations you might have about poetry, Native Americans, and anything else before you ...

Read more: The First Native American U.S. Poet Laureate on How ... I want to make sure that those voices are heard. A lot of your poems are about nature. What’s your favorite nature spot in ...

She has now released five albums of original music and won a Native American Music Award in 2009. Harjo talks about her poetry as a kind of music — like making a fire by slamming two rocks together.

“I was astonished and excited,” said Long Soldier, who hasn’t been to the Standing Rock Reservation in the last few months but says her heart has been with the Native American activists who ...