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Rising Voices: Writings of Young Native Americans

An astonishing collection of poems and essays written by young contemporary Native Americans. Words of protest against prejudice and oppression, poems of estrangement and pain, cries for lost worlds and lost identities — but also songs of celebration and joy for the future.

Audience
young adult
Length
short · 144 pages

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