Upon Her Shoulders: Southeastern Native Women Share Their Stories of Justice, Spirit, and Community

Upon Her Shoulders: Southeastern Native Women Share Their Stories of Justice, Spirit, and CommunityA documentary style collection of stories, poems, essays, and interviews by Southeastern Native American women. Upon Her Shoulders is a collection of stories, poems, and prose by Southeastern Native American women whose narratives attest to the hard work and activism required to keep their communities well and safe. This collection highlights Native female voices in the Southeast, a region and its peoples rarely covered in other publications. The

A passionate call to action

Geniusz gained much of the knowledge she writes about from her years as an oshkaabewis

Harley and Sue Eagle

recipes for bison

As a storyteller

Governor General's Award-nominated author Sue Farrell Holler casts a spell of simple wonder as small child earnestly sets out to take care of his grandfather for the day

an abstract idea

ranging from Scottish Gaelic to Mohawk

" Nooko was their grandmother

learning to hunt

She's happy to be in the middle

a sketch troupe whose satire is smashing stereotypes to critical acclaim