Songs, Blood Deep Oji-Cree Jeanne Rorex Bridges illustrations mesmerized

Jeanne Rorex Bridges illustrations mesmerized readers "Publishers Weekly" noted that her strong

demonstrated the breathtakingly intrusive power of federal agents in the early twentieth century

colonialism

this book offers personal myth

Foreword by Joseph Boyden

Songs, Blood Deep Oji-Cree Jeanne Rorex Bridges illustrations mesmerized"The poems are quiet and powerful, understated and deeply moving." Carter Revard. What flows deep from the heart songs of these poems is Gwen Westerman's proud and profound engagement with and transmission of closely held cultural values of the Dakota people. Originating from the prairies of the Great Plains, this is a collection that affirms a passion for family, community, and the environment. Westerman draws upon both English and the Dakota