End of the Beginning: Jim Northrup, 1943–2016, Reads His Poem on the Circle of Life

ICTMN Staff
8/2/16
Jim Northrup, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and award-winning author, poet, linguist and upholder of Ojibwe traditions including sugar bush and wild rice harvesting, w...

National Poetry Month - 5 More Native Selections

Alex Jacobs
4/15/16
In honor of National Poetry Month, ICTMN is thrilled to provide a well-deserved shout to Native poets, writers and storytellers...

Stories Create Community, A Conversation with Sherwin Bitsui

Jason Asenap
2/24/16
As the author of the poetry collections Shapeshift (2003) and Flood Song (2009), Navajo (Dine’) Poet Sherwin Bitsui has received a Whiting Writers’ award, a grant from the Witter B...
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Code Switching’s Loss: Chicano Poet Francisco X. Alarcón Walks On

Steve Russell
1/21/16
I’ve received the compliment of being accused of felony poetry, but my efforts are in my opinion only misdemeanors on my best days...

Zas (“Snow” in Navajo) - A Winter Poem

Vincent Schilling
1/20/16
Since most of Indian Country is currently in the throes of winter weather, a poem on snow, or ‘Zas’ as it is called in Navajo, seemed appropriate. Thanks to Mikayla J...

Returning the Gift 2015: Native America’s Indigenous Storytelling and Literary Festival

Alex Jacobs
12/30/15
You can take The Road Back to Sweetgrass or The Mourning Road to Thanksgiving and probably meet up with Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend and a lot of other interesting characters along the...

Open Call For Student Poetry, Essay and Photography Submissions

Vincent Schilling
12/8/15
The global education non-profit ConnecTeach , is seeking poetry, essays and photography submissions from high school and college students of any age...

Exclusive: Joy Harjo Speaks on Winning Poetry's Most Prestigious Award

Alex Jacobs
9/11/15
Muscogee (Creek) poet Joy Harjo is the first ever Native to win the prestigious Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, which bestows the honor annually “to recog...

New Video 'Harvard' Is a Scene From the Miseducation of Gyasi Ross

ICTMN Staff
7/28/15
Attorney and ICTMN editor-at-large Gyasi Ross continues to make waves in his latest persona -- a rapper and spoken word artist...

Understand Our Culture, or Lose It: Innu Poet Natasha Kanapé Fontaine on Language

Dominique Godrèche
7/5/15
Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, a young Innu poet from Baie-Comeau, lives in Montreal as does her mentor, Josephine Bacon...

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