Native Poets (Marcus Ochla)
by Marcus Ochla
1. Diane Burns
1.1. “Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question”
2. Wendy Rose
2.1. “For the White Poets who would be Indian”
3. Chrystos
3.1. “Today Was a Day Like TB”
4. Nora Dauenhauer
4.1. "Salmon Egg Puller"
5. Joy Harjo
5.1. "I Give You Back"
6. Sherman Alexie
6.1. " How to Write the Great American Indian Novel"
7. Second wave NAR
8. First+Second wave NAR
9. Linda Hogan
9.1. "Landing"
10. Native Identity
11. Louise Erdrich
11.1. “Jacklight”
12. Eric Gansworth
12.1. "It Goes Something Like This"
12.2. "Repatriating Ourselves"
12.3. "Speaking Through Our Nation's Teeth"
12.4. "Loving That Land O Lakes"
12.5. "A Half-Life of Cardio-Pulmonary Function"
13. First wave NAR
14. accusatory to white people
15. bullet points
16. circle dance
17. family
18. gender
19. generalization
20. generations
21. materialization of Native American's history
22. native words
23. native history is being told through white people's lenses
24. mythological figures (eagle, raven, cayote, salmon, gods)
25. nature
26. omission of Native Americans
27. mental health
28. getting questioned
29. dehumanization of Native Americans
30. culture appropriation
31. critique of religion
32. critique of historiography
33. critique of colonization
34. contextual (civilized/uncivilized;organized/unorganized)
35. abecedarian
36. N.Scott Momaday
36.1. “The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee”
37. Simon Ortiz
37.1. “My Father’s Song”
38. Karenne Wood
38.1. “The Poet I Wish I Was”
38.2. "Amoroleck’s Words”
38.3. “Arrival: Roanoke Island, 1585”
38.4. “Abracadabra, an Abecedarian”
38.5. “My Standard Response”
39. Tommy Pico
39.1. i can’t write a nature poem;
39.2. this white guy asks do I feel more connected to nature;
39.3. i don’t like thinking abt nature bc nature makes me suspect there is a god;
39.4. i can’t write a nature poem bc that conversation happens in the Hall of;
39.5. you can’t be an NDN person in today’s world
40. smokii sumac
40.1. "at 29 i lie naked on the beach and think of you"
40.2. "Grief"
40.3. "in my dreams"
40.4. "poem after reading an article on high functioning c-ptsd"
41. Billy-Ray Belcourt
41.1. "Canadian Horror Story"
41.2. "The Cree Word for a Body Like Mine is Weesageechak"
41.3. "Leonardo DiCaprio"
41.4. "Sacred"
42. Annie Wenstrup
42.1. "“Ggugguyni Transcribes the Archive as Diviner”
42.2. “Ggugguyni Transcribes the Archive as Land”
42.3. “Ggugguyni Transcribes the Archive as Memory”
42.4. “Sukdu’a”
43. Vivian Prescott
43.1. "Patterns in Spring Stikine River Kings"
43.2. "Species Report"
43.3. "This Early Migration"
44. Gwen Westerman
44.1. “Linear Process”
44.2. “Theory Doesn’t Live Here”
44.3. “Dakota Homecoming”
44.4. “Undivided Interest”
44.5. “Genetic Code”
45. Natalie Diaz
45.1. "Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation"
45.2. "American Arithmetic"
45.3. "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball"
45.4. "The Last Mojave Indian Barbie"
45.5. "The Facts of Art"
46. stereotypes
47. stereotypes in texts of culture
48. stereotypical image of native beauty
49. two-spirited
50. use of NDN
51. reimagining history
52. white people's culture is the predominant
53. white people's ignorance
54. song's importance
55. half-breed
56. use of irony
57. unconventional structure
58. the murder of native people
59. sea creatures
60. romanticisation of native americans
61. queer
62. oral history
