Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's dog pick Twin brothers Chickadee and Makoons

Twin brothers Chickadee and Makoons have spent every day side by side and have done everything together since they were born—until the day the unthinkable happens and the brothers are separated

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Bouncing in the middle of two cultures

and activists with cutting-edge research by Native and non-Native scholars

making poems that are amalgams of poetry and proclamation

Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's dog pick Twin brothers Chickadee and MakoonsWhy is there no Native woman David Sedaris? Or Native Anne Lamott? Humor categories in publishing are packed with books by funny women and humorous sociocultural political commentarybut no Native women. There are presumably more important concerns in Indian Country. More important than humor? Among the Din Navajo, a ceremony is held in honor of a baby's first laugh. While the context is different, it nonetheless reminds us that laughter is precious,