| Preface |
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| Introduction |
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| Whispers |
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| Summertime |
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2 | (2) |
| Subway Mourning |
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4 | (2) |
| Red Light. Green Light. |
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6 | (2) |
| "My heart was pounding..." |
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8 | (2) |
| Showing Me |
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10 | (2) |
| Camouflage |
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12 | (2) |
| Disneyland |
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14 | (2) |
| The Dance |
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16 | (2) |
| Red Girls |
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18 | (1) |
| The Crow Fair of yesteryear |
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19 | (1) |
| Handsome Indian Boy |
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20 | (1) |
| Berry Paints |
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21 | (1) |
| Who Am I? |
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22 | (2) |
| The Gap |
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24 | (2) |
| My Mind's Words |
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Jorell "Space Man" X. LaBarge |
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26 | (2) |
| Butch's Drop |
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28 | (5) |
| Pouring Milk Before Cereal |
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33 | (2) |
| "I remember the Vodka Summer ..." |
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35 | (1) |
| "Her blood runs proud ..." |
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36 | (2) |
| Untitled '96 |
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38 | (1) |
| Butterfly Princess |
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39 | (3) |
| Susto |
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42 | (2) |
| Mom's Fry Bread |
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44 | (1) |
| My Indian Pooh Bear |
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45 | (1) |
| Neah Bay, Washington, to Me |
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46 | (2) |
| As I Looked |
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48 | (1) |
| Grandma |
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49 | (1) |
| Would You Cry? |
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50 | (1) |
| Dark Waters |
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51 | (1) |
| "Dear Mother, ..." |
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52 | (4) |
| Young at Heart |
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56 | (2) |
| Grandparents |
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58 | (1) |
| rain inside the end of august |
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59 | (3) |
| Little Grandma |
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62 | (1) |
| At Midnight |
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63 | (1) |
| Answered Prayers |
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64 | (3) |
| There Is No They, Only Us |
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67 | (1) |
| Drunken Demon That I Wrestle With |
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68 | (1) |
| Not ndn enough |
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69 | (2) |
| Traveling During Summer |
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71 | (1) |
| Dear Brother |
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72 | (3) |
| Ex-Con |
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75 | (1) |
| My Favorite Runner |
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| I Am Native American |
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85 | (1) |
| Old Crow Warriors |
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86 | (1) |
| Oral Tradition |
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87 | (3) |
| You Stole My Words |
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90 | (1) |
| Disease |
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91 | (1) |
| 65-Adam |
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92 | (2) |
| Why the Indians Never Won |
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94 | (1) |
| We Finally Won |
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95 | (2) |
| For the Children |
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97 | (2) |
| In the Nicotine Kitchen |
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99 | (1) |
| That Night |
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100 | (1) |
| Within Yourself |
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100 | (1) |
| Deep Inside |
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101 | (1) |
| This Is Part of Me I Hate |
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102 | (1) |
| Home |
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103 | (1) |
| foundry |
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104 | (2) |
| Holding On to the Past |
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106 | (3) |
| I Wonder |
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109 | (1) |
| Big Foot |
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110 | (2) |
| Eeling |
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112 | (1) |
| My Love |
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Byron "Dirk" Little Light |
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113 | (1) |
| Indian Ballers |
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114 | (1) |
| Tough Style Rez |
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115 | (1) |
| Next Generations |
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116 | (2) |
| Woman |
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118 | (1) |
| When |
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119 | (1) |
| When We Are Gone |
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120 | (1) |
| My Friend |
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121 | (1) |
| What Dreams May Come |
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122 | (2) |
| Living in Two Worlds |
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124 | (1) |
| "i've been flying my whole life, ..." |
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125 | (1) |
| Window of Dreams |
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126 | (1) |
| Giving All I Got |
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127 | (5) |
| Solitary |
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132 | (3) |
| Acknowledgments |
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135 | (9) |
| Editor biographies |
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