Native American Poetry
This list of poetry by North American Indigenous poets was created by librarians at The Seattle Public Library. (Updated October 2022)
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Words Like Thunder
Beardslee is an Anishinaabe (Lake Superior Ojibwe, a.k.a. Chippewa Indian) author and illustrator.
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This Wound Is A World
Belcourt is a writer and academic from the Driftpile Cree Nation.
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Dissolve
Bitusi is a Diné (Navajo) from the Navajo Reservation in White Cone, Arizona.
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Of Mongrelitude
Brolaski is Mescalero and Lipan Apache.
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Nedí Nezų
Campbell is a Dene and Métis poet and photographer from English River First Nation.
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In the Current Where Drowning Is Beautiful
Chabitnoy is a Koniag descendant and member of the Tangirnaq Native Village in Kodiak, Alaska.
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Instruments of the True Measure
Da’ is an enrolled member of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma who currently resides in the Seattle area.
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Postcolonial Love Poem
Diaz is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian community.
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Little Big Bully
Erdrich is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe and sister of well-known Ojibwe author Louise Erdrich.
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Bright Raft in the Afterweather
Foerster is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma.
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