The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket children These darkly humorous poems illuminate

These darkly humorous poems illuminate far corners of the heart

" performing in Wild West shows around New York and beginning their film careers

including: Did Indians really sell Manhattan for twenty-four dollars worth of beads and trinkets

they are rebuilding their nations according to their own diverse and often innovative designs

Without justice

The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket children These darkly humorous poems illuminateThe Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket traverses the Southwest landscape, exploring intricate relationships between Native peoples and the natural world, land, pop culture, twentieth century music, and multi generational representations. Oscillating between musical influences, including the repercussions of ethnomusicology, and the present past future, the collection rewrites and rerights what it means to be Indigenous, queer, and even formerly emo in the