POETRY / Native American

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Dementia is a growing health concern among Native American elders, who face a high burden of chronic disease, socioeconomic hardship, and historical trauma. Many individuals experience delayed or missed diagnoses due to structural barriers, limited specialist access, mistrust of healthcare systems, and the absence of culturally appropriate cognitive screening tools. This narrative review summarizes current understan…

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poetry of indigenous peoples of the Americas

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Here's the myth: Native Americans are people of great spiritual depth, in touch with the rhythms of the earth, rhythms that they celebrate through drumming and dancing. They love the great outdoors and are completely in tune with the natural world. They can predict the weather by glancing at the sky, or hearing a crow cry, or somehow. Who knows exactly how? The point of the myth is that Indians are, well, special. D…

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Native-American author Heid Erdrich describes a student writing contest she judged earlier in the day and then reads from her first book of poetry. Erdrich also reflects on her family and life as a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibway and describes influences on her writing from classic literature to tabloid headlines. Erdrich reads selections from her work that portray the tension between her Ojibway tradi…