Jimmy learns more about his Lakota heritage and

The history and knowledge passed down to each generation through the bundle is at stake

her arthritic fingers patiently / threading beads / on the long thin needle

arrange you like furniture

sanskaras (Hindu) and aquiqa (Muslim)

Corpse Whale standing rock Jimmy learns more about hisA self proclaimed "vessel in which stories are told from time immemorial," poet dg nanouk okpik seamlessly melds both traditional and contemporary narrative, setting her apart from her peers. The result is a collection of poems that are steeped in the perspective of an Inuit of the twenty first century a perspective that is fresh, vibrant, and rarely seen in contemporary poetics. Fearless in her craft, okpik brings an experimental, yet poignant,