Ancient Light writing Banned for 67 years by

Banned for 67 years by the Canadian government

There is much to commend here: the lack of sugar-coating

But for Wagamese

Teresa Peterson shares how she found refuge from the struggle to reconcile her Christianity and Dakota spirituality

as well as for casual readers and policymakers interested in a history that centers the native experience

Ancient Light writing Banned for 67 years byElegiac and powerful, Ancient Light uses lyric, narrative, and concrete poems to give voice to some of the most pressing ecological and social issues of our time. With vision and resilience, Kimberly Blaesers poetry layers together past, present, and futures. Against a backdrop of pandemic loss and injustice, MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women), hidden graves at Native American boarding schools, and destructive environmental practices,