and its kinship and traditions on the other

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and land—an affirmation that colonialism and capitalism must be overturned for this planet to be habitable for human and other-than-human relatives to live dignified lives

Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry young adult and its kinship and traditionsJoy Harjo, the first Native poet to serve as U. S. Poet Laureate, has championed the voices of Native peoples past and present. Her signature laureate project gathers the work of contemporary Native poets into a national, fully digital map of story, sound, and space, celebrating their vital and unequivocal contributions to American poetry. This companion anthology features each poem and poet from the projectincluding Natalie Diaz, Ray Young Bear,