Duane Niatum (Jamestown S’Klallam) writes poems, stories, and essays and studies European and American Indian art, literature, and culture. He has been widely published in the United States and abroad (see “Moments Hard to Piece Together,” WLT, Autumn 2019). His ninth book of poems is Earth Vowels. The Northwest landscape and legends of his ancestors help shape his writings.
Reading at the Edge of the Forest, by Marti Spencer / Courtesy of the artist
The following talk was first presented at the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association in Seattle, Was...
Photos: “Skedee” and “Cherokee National Holiday — Tahlequah,” from In The Territories, by Shane Brown
American Indians should stop weeping over
the cruelty
of the trail of tears and th...