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Latin American poetry is often written in Spanish, but is also composed in Portuguese, Mapuche, Nahuatl, Quechua, Mazatec, Zapotec, Ladino, English, and Spanglish. [1] The unification of Indigenous and imperial cultures produced a unique and extraordinary body of literature in this region.
Song, Poetry, and Language (1978) Fight Back: For the Sake of the People, For the Sake of the Land (1980) A Poem is a Journey (1981) From Sand Creek: Rising In This Heart Which Is Our America (1981) Changing the Routine: Selected Short Stories (1982) Blue and Red (1982) The Importance of Childhood (1982) This America (1983) A Good Journey (1984)
In 2010, she won the Orlando Poetry Prize for her poem "The Impermanence of Human Sculptures." [7] In 2013 she appeared on TEDxABQ with a talk called "Igniting Healing." In 2015, Winder co-curated "Sing Our River Red," a traveling exhibit of single earrings to raise awareness of Canada's epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women. [8]
This is a list of notable writers who are Indigenous peoples of the Americas. This list includes authors who are Alaskan Native, American Indian, First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and Indigenous peoples of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, as defined by the citizens of these Indigenous nations and tribes.
There is also a strong flavour of patriotism with many poems linking to the formation of the Republic, and also a large number of poems based on a wide variety of historical subjects. She was particularly strong in her condemnation of slavery and the mistreatment of the indigenous Americans.
Chrystos' activism has focused on efforts to free Norma Jean Croy and Leonard Peltier, and the rights of tribes such as the Diné (Navajo) and Mohawk people. [5] [19] [20] In a 2010 interview with Black Coffee Poet, Chrystos described their social justice interests as "diverse," citing abortion, wife-battering, and prisoner issues, although they acknowledge these issues are of "no immediate ...
Paula Gunn Allen (October 24, 1939 – May 29, 2008) was an American poet, literary critic, activist, [1] professor, and novelist.Of mixed-race European-American, Arab-American, and Native American descent, she identified with her mother's people, the Laguna Pueblo. [2]
In I am Joaquin, Joaquin (the narrative voice of the poem) speaks of the struggles that the Chicano people have faced in trying to achieve economic justice and equal rights in the U.S., as well as to find an identity of being part of a hybrid mestizo society. He promises that his culture will survive if all Chicano people stand proud and demand ...