pêyak little duck Samoan Wilma Mankiller

Wilma Mankiller

Poet Warrior reveals how Harjo came to write poetry of compassion and healing

"Her enduring message--that writing can be redemptive--resonates: 'To write is to make a mark in the world

while insisting that settler society honour Indigenous law and jurisdiction over unceded territories rather than exploiting lands and reducing them to their natural resources

and which explore the human place in the natural world

pêyak little duck Samoan Wilma MankillerLet's go on a walk and practice our language! What birds will we see? I see one ssp pyak little duck! In a celebration of the connection between language learning and the land, a young child enjoys a walk in nature and spots different birds while practicing counting from one to ten in Plains Cree. With bright illustrations, rhyming clues in English and pronunciation guides on every page, pyak little duck is a friendly introduction to Plains Cree and a