My Friend May Shawnee tells her firsthand experience of

tells her firsthand experience of much change in the community and looks ahead with renewed cultural strength and hope for the first people of Minnesota

Each page offers an affirmation about identity

while Indigenous activists coined the term ‘anarcho-indigenism’

these are poems I loved reading

the ways in which human loss corresponds to ecological destruction

My Friend May Shawnee tells her firsthand experience ofI'd like to tell you a rather true story about a big black cat who started out gray. Her name was May. Margaux and her cat May became friends when Margaux was just six years old. They grew up together, sharing countless memories along the way. But one day, May is late coming home. Where is May? Is she under the porch? Maybe on the roof? Margaux's nitsis (the Cree word for auntie) helps search for May in the tall grass. But soon nitsis needs to leave: