Indigenous Poetics Cheyenne and returns to the reservation

and returns to the reservation

So began a quest to understand her people's historical

searching for the daughter she gave birth to while in prison

By reframing how tribes and Native organizations harness these technologies as a means to overcome colonial disconnections

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

Indigenous Poetics Cheyenne and returns to the reservationIndigenous 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