edited and with an introduction by leading American Indian education scholar Jon Reyhner

injustice bleeds into betrayal

on our relationship to the animal world

the woman's experience

Among the lakes and the cedars

Why Indigenous Literatures Matter ecology edited and with an introductionPart survey of the field of Indigenous literary studies, part cultural history, and part literary polemic, Why Indigenous Literatures Matter asserts the vital significance of literary expression to the political, creative, and intellectual efforts of Indigenous peoples today. In considering the connections between literature and lived experience, this book contemplates four key questions at the heart of Indigenous kinship traditions: How do we learn