How We Became Human by Harjo, Joy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER ALSO BY TITLE DEDICATION EPIGRAPH CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION FROM THE LAST SONG

WATCHING CROW, LOOKING SOUTH TOWARD THE MANZANO MOUNTAINS FOR A HOPI SILVERSMITH SAN JUAN PUEBLO AND SOUTH DAKOTA ARE  800 MILES AWAY ON A MAP HE TOLD ME HIS NAME WAS SITTING BULL 3 A.M. THE LAST SONG ARE YOU STILL THERE? CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN HERE AND HOME

FROM WHAT MOON DROVE ME TO THIS?

FOUR HORSE SONGS I AM A DANGEROUS WOMAN THERE WAS A DANCE, SWEETHEART CROSSING THE BORDER SOMEONE TALKING FIRE

FROM SHE HAD SOME HORSES

CALL IT FEAR ANCHORAGE FOR ALVA BENSON, AND FOR THOSE WHO  HAVE LEARNED TO SPEAK THE WOMAN HANGING FROM  THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR WINDOW WHITE BEAR SKELETON OF WINTER REMEMBER NEW ORLEANS SHE HAD SOME HORSES I Give You Back

FROM SECRETS FROM THE CENTER OF THE WORLD

MY HOUSE IS THE RED EARTH IF YOU LOOK WITH THE MIND OF  THE SWIRLING EARTH IF ALL EVENTS ARE RELATED THIS LAND IS A POEM ANYTHING THAT MATTERS INVISIBLE FISH DON’T BOTHER THE EARTH SPIRIT IT IS AN HONOR

FROM IN MAD LOVE AND WAR

GRACE DEER DANCER FOR ANNA MAE PICTOU AQUASH, WHOSE SPIRIT IS PRESENT HERE AND IN THE DAPPLED STARS (FOR WE REMEMBER THE STORY AND MUST TELL IT AGAIN SO WE MAY ALL LIVE) TRICKSTER BIRD THE REAL REVOLUTION IS LOVE SONG FOR THE DEER AND MYSELF TO RETURN ON RAINY DAWN SANTA FE DESIRE THE BOOK OF MYTHS TRANSFORMATIONS EAGLE POEM

FROM THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE SKY

RECONCILIATION, A PRAYER THE CREATION STORY THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE SKY THE FLOOD A POSTCOLONIAL TALE THE MYTH OF BLACKBIRDS THE SONG OF THE HOUSE IN THE HOUSE LETTER FROM THE END OF  THE TWENTIETH CENTURY PROMISE OF BLUE HORSES THE PLACE THE MUSICIAN BECAME A BEAR FISHING PROMISE THE DAWN APPEARS WITH BUTTERFLIES PERHAPS THE WORLD ENDS HERE

FROM A MAP TO THE NEXT WORLD: POEMS AND TALES

SONGLINE OF DAWN A MAP TO THE NEXT WORLD THE END EMERGENCE SONGS FROM THE HOUSE OF DEATH,  OR HOW TO MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE END  OF A RELATIONSHIP THE PATH TO THE MILKY WAY LEADS  THROUGH LOS ANGELES THE POWER OF NEVER HOLD UP RETURNING FROM THE ENEMY THE CEREMONY THIS IS MY HEART PROTOCOL MORNING SONG

FROM NEW POEMS 1999-2001

IN PRAISE OF EARTH LETTER (WITH SONGLINE) TO THE BREATHMAKER I AM NOT READY TO DIE YET NAMING FAITH EQUINOX AH, AH MORNING PRAYERS THE EVERLASTING AND IF I AWAKEN IN LOS ANGELES IT’S RAINING IN HONOLULU RUSHING THE PALI WHEN THE WORLD AS WE KNEW IT ENDED

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