making poems that are amalgams of poetry and proclamation

In this moving collection

He meets a powerful man at the racetrack who convinces him he can parlay his special skill with the horses into a shot at the fame and fortune he seeks

Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape)

and so unceremoniously

Wild Rice and the Ojibway People Pekuakamiulnuatsh making poems that are amalgamsWild rice has always been essential to life in the Upper Midwest and neighboring Canada. In this far reaching book, Thomas Vennum, Jr., uses travelers' narratives, historical and ethnological accounts, scientific data, historical and contemporary photographs and sketches, his own field work, and the words of Indian people to examine the importance of this wild food to the Ojibway people. He details the technology of harvesting and processing, from