National Monuments voices and a call for environmentalists

and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community's rich history of activism

“Europeans Brought Civilization to Backward Indians”

mercilessly dismantles pretendians

he must face his own demons and reclaim his Native identity

National Monuments voices and a call for environmentalists2009 Minnesota Book Awards Winner for Poetry. "Erdrich's poems are beautiful and brave explorations of the depths of national identities and the real people who live them these are poems I loved reading." Robert Warrior, Director, University of Illinois American Indian Studies and the Native American House Deeply observant poems from a Native American poet with a wry sense of humor: Many of the poems in National Monuments explore bodies, particularly