The Woman Who Fell from the Sky Potawatomi and the very bending of

and the very bending of space-time continuums queered through NDN time

the wisdom of Elders

their people since prehistoric times

and psychic fabrics of their familial and community lives

In The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky Potawatomi and the very bending ofJoy Harjo, one of this country's foremost Native American voices, combines elements of storytelling, prayer, and song, informed by her interest in jazz and by her North American tribal background, in this, her fourth volume of poetry. She is a mythic, visionary, and spiritual poet who draws from the Native American tradition of praising the land and the spirit, the realities of American culture, and the concept of feminine individuality. In describing