and the land are themes that shape the existence of the Inuits of the Far North

the poems of Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers are coal that remains coal

author of Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

Chia always goes to bed hungry and tired

He has lived through a time when Indians were sent to boarding schools and were not permitted to practice their own rituals

Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing science and the land are themesPatrisia Gonzales addresses "Red Medicine" as a system of healing that includes birthing practices, dreaming, and purification rites to re establish personal and social equilibrium. The book explores Indigenous medicine across North America, with a special emphasis on how Indigenous knowledge has endured and persisted among peoples with a legacy to Mexico. Gonzales combines her lived experience in "Red Medicine" as an herbalist and traditional birth