Introduction: Writing in the Present I: Dreams/Ancestors Paula Gunn Allen Some Like Indians Endure Kim Shuck Warrior Indira Allegra Vessel Joel Waters Kid Icarus Craig Womack The King of the Tie-snakes Michael Koby Santa Claus, Indiana Laura M. Furlan Aunt Lucy D. M. O'Brien Living Memory William Raymond Taylor Gathering of Nations Janice Gould Indian Mascot, 1959 Malea Powell real Indians Deborah Miranda Coyote Takes a Trip Louis Esmé Cruz Birth Song for Muin, in Red Qwo-Li Driskill Chantway for F.C. II: Love/Medicine Maurice Kenny My First Book Chip Livingston Ghost Dance Michael Koby Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean William Raymond Taylor Something Wants To Be Said Malea Powell A meditation partially composed in a D.C. coffeehouse because there isn't anything better to do in this city of dead white fathers .
Qwo-Li Driskill Love Poem, After Arizona Maurice Kenny He's watched Jaynie Lara (Weye Hlapsi) Being Two Spirit Daniel David Moses Lament Under the Moon James Thomas Stevens Thames Cheryl Savageau Deep Winter III: Long/Walks Janice Gould We Could Not Forget Laura M. Furlan Our Wars Dan Taulapapa McMullin The Act of Memory in Laguna California Indira Allegra Blue Covers Qwo-Li Driskill (Auto)biography of Mad Michael Koby The Witch's House Daniel David Moses Ballad of the Raft Maurice Kenny Contacts Luna Maia authentically ethnic Carrie House Sweet Grass D. M. O'Brien The Perfect Picture Janet McAdams The Door of the Devil Dan Taulapapa McMullin Jerry, Sheree, and the Eel Daniel David Moses Gray's Sea Change James Thomas Stevens Regent's Canal Kim Shuck Absorbing Light Dan Taulapapa McMullin A Drag Queen Named Pipi Daniel Heath Justice Ander's Awakening Louis Esmé Cruz my mom names us Carrie House Kid Qwo-Li Driskill Pedagogy Janet McAdams Plaza Bocanegra Daniel David Moses The Ends of a Picnic IV: Wild/Flowers Cheryl Savageau Where I Want Them M. Carmen Lane Remember: She Bought Those Panties for You Maurice Kenny Naughty Probably Sarah Tsigeyu Sharp Rebirth Maurice Kenny Sargent: Drawing of Nicola D'Inverno James Thomas Stevens St. James Lake Qwo-Li Driskill Sonnet for Izzy Maurice Kenny Visiting San Francisco Chip Livingston Man Country Daniel David Moses How to Make a Fish Sweat Malea Powell forgiveness on a november sunday Michael Koby Calumet Cemetery Deborah Miranda Clementines Source Credits About the Contributors Index.