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Native American Literature
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Misery is when you always seem to be getting dressed in black to go to a funeral.
Misery is when you get there and realize that the person who is dead is another close friend.
Misery is when you look around and all your friends are crying.
Misery is when you hear them say they'll try to stop and stay away from this stuff.
Misery is when the next day you see them stocking up in White Clay for a party soon to come.
Misery is whenyou hear the sirens, and you have to sit and wonder whose funeral you
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― Walking on Earth and Touching the Sky: Poetry and Prose by Lakota Youth at Red Cloud Indian School
― Walking on Earth and Touching the Sky: Poetry and Prose by Lakota Youth at Red Cloud Indian School
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Gerald and I saw the Azore Islands, Talcahuano, Tumbez, San Francisco, and Nome from afar while the captain and officers rowed to shore for fresh food and fresh whalers. Even at Nome, not two days ago, Gerald and I watched the Alaskan town from the ship.
We saw Talcahuano at night, the town alive with lights and torches. We heard music across the water. People celebrated an event on shore. We thought it might be a wedding. We imagined walking the clay, brick roads, ordering crabs and clams near
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― Sivulliq: Ancestor
― Sivulliq: Ancestor
Fiction, non-fiction and poetry written by Indigenous Women from around the world.
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