Earn Every Word
The acclaimed First Nations author offers words of inspiration and presents his top creative writing selections from the 2024 student contest.
Guest Editorials
Student 2024
Medicines in the Ground
“Upholding the values of land connection, resource stewardship, and gratitude, we acknowledge Mother Earth’s role in sustaining our well-being.”
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“when apache women die, where do the stars go to mourn? all the truths of their heart tangled in beaded buckskin yellow paint stuck in back throat thunder strike match…”
A Kinaalda Blessing Inspired by My Grandmother
“My grandmother told me, ‘The songs are about how the Earth, sky, and mountains are connected. When you run towards the horizon it is a great blessing to the Holy People.’”
The New World
“Motherhood didn’t rush over me like my friends said it would. In fact, I felt the darkest cloud over my head months after her birth.”
Whispers Like the Scent of Pine
“She knew the whispers followed her like the scent of pine in the crisp air: too old, too female, too inexperienced, too different.”
Ádééhonílzin (To Know Yourself)
“I sat in the corner of the classroom looking through the pages of books, flowing like the water during those monsoon thunderstorms.”
