Distant Water indigenous crafts for cultivating and gathering

for cultivating and gathering

Based on decades of research as well as interviews with curators

award-winning author Brian Lee Young (Diné) bridges the generational divide between a Navajo teen at an elite prep school and his great-grandmother's experience at a federal boarding school for Indigenous students

Basil Johnston sets forth the broad spectrum of his people’s life

Amik tells of his many adventures and those of others he knew

Distant Water indigenous crafts for cultivating and gatheringAn exquisite debut poetry collection exploring the way Nez Perce language embodies the inseparable connection of land, sound, and spirit. Drawing its title from the Nez Perce word for ocean, distant water explores the mysterious process through which language is conveyed from one body to another, moving through waters, kin, memory, and breath. In this meditative, expansive collection, Beth Piatote reveals language as a shared vibration, a life force