Native American Poetry
This list of poetry by North American Indigenous poets was created by librarians at The Seattle Public Library.
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The Nightlife
Paschen is the daughter of ballerina Maria Tallchief and an enrolled member of the Osage nation.
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Feed
Pico is a Brooklyn-based poet originally from the Viejas Indian reservation of the Kumeyaay nation.
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Patriarchy Blues
Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest is an enrolled member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation.
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All This Time
San Francisco poet Cedar Sigo was raised on the Suquamish reservation near Seattle.
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It Was Never Going to Be Okay
jaye simpson is a Two-Spirit Oji-Cree person of the Buffalo Clan with roots in Sapotaweyak and Skownan Cree Nation.
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This Accident of Being Lost
Simpson is of Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg ancestry and a member of Alderville First Nation in Ontario, Canada.
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Palominos Near Tuba City
Sweet is an Anishinaabe poet and served as the Wisconsin Poet Laureate from 2004 to 2008.
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Swallowed Light
Wasson is is nimiÌipuu from the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho.
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Full-metal Indigiqueer
Whitehead is an Oji-Cree, two-spirit poet from Peguis First Nation in Canada.
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When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through
Edited by Joy Harjo, this anthology includes the work of more than 160 poets across nearly 100 indigenous nations.
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