The hard and brilliant life breathing on the pages brought me to tears

Eaton and later Indigenous historians Anna L

and a son bleeds into the father carrying him home

hijacking legalese to resist this ongoing colonization

a mother of six

Saanii Dahataal: Poems and Stories Shoshone The hard and brilliant lifeIn this cycle of poetry and stories, Navajo writer Luci Tapahonso shares memories of her home in Shiprock, New Mexico, and of the places and people there. Through these celebrations of birth, partings, and reunions, this gifted writer displays both her love of the Navajo world and her resonant use of language. Blending memoir and fiction in the storytelling style common to many Indian traditions, Tapahonso's writing shows that life and death are