Writing About Indigenous Folklore Without Taking What Is Not Ours
Writing about Indigenous folklore requires more than careful research and good intentions. It asks us to recognize that stories may be living inheritances, ceremonies may carry binding responsibilities, and knowledge may belong to a nation, clan, family, society, or designated keeper rather than to whoever happens to encounter it.
The Red-Tailed Hawk Above Spavinaw Lake
That night he dreamed of his father standing barefoot in a river that ran uphill. Behind him, the drowned chimneys of old homes rose from black water. Above them circled hawks by the dozens, their eyes bright as embers.
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