Pretty-Shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows gardening distracting themselves from the bullying

distracting themselves from the bullying and isolation they've experienced since expressing their non-binary identity

as well as oral histories from the Spirit Lake Dakhóta Nation

" --Kiese Laymon

set in contemporary Oklahoma

award-winning poetry

Pretty-Shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows gardening distracting themselves from the bullyingA rare, documented account of the life of a Crow medicine woman, drawn from interviews conducted by legendary writer and ethnographer Frank Bird Linderman and told in her own words. In the spring of 1931, Pretty shield, a grandmother and medicine healer in the Crow tribe, met Frank Linderman for a series of interviews. When Linderman asked Pretty shield about her life, the old woman relaxed and laughed. "We shall be here until we die." In this rich