Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity teachings who reclaimed practices that had

who reclaimed practices that had almost been lost forever

Stories by Nancy Jones

among others—to offer readers a chance to hold the wealth of poems in their hands

of the cruelties perpetuated against American Indians

" —Luís Alberto Urrea

Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity teachings who reclaimed practices that hadFollowing his award winning debut memoir, Mamaskatch, which masterfully portrayed a Cree coming of age in rural Canada, Darrel J. McLeod continues the poignant story of his adulthood. In Mamaskatch, McLeod captured an early childhood full of the stories, scents, and sensations of his great grandfather's cabin, as well as the devastating separation from family, ensuing abuse, and eventual loss of his mother that permeated his adolescence. In the