Product Description: Poetry. Native American Studies. Translated into English from the Ahtna Athabaskan by the author. "In a world where such poets are more rare than people might imagine, John Smelcer is one of the truly great poets I have come across in my life. His poetry is genius."—Ruth Stone

Product Description: A literary landmark, this bilingual collection of poems represents the only literature of the Ahtna culture in existence. Ahtna is one of twenty indigenous languages of Alaska and had no written form until the last thirty years. Here John Smelcer renders these poems in his native tongue with English translations...read more

In alternating chapters, seventeen-year-old Johnny Least-Weasel, who is better known for brains than brawn, worries about his missing grandfather, and the grandfather, Albert Least-Weasel, struggles to survive, caught in his own steel trap in the Alaskanwinter.In alternating chapters, seventeen-year-old Johnny Least-Weasel, who is better known for brains than brawn, worries about his missing grandfather, and the grandfather, Albert Least-Weasel, struggles to survive, caught in his own steel trap in the Alaskanwinter.

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Product Description: One of the most popular anthologies of contemporary Native American poetry in the past decade, feturing poetry by the likes of Sherman Alexie, James Welch, Joy Harjo, John E. Smelcer, Simon Ortiz, Linda Hogan, Diane Glancy, and dozens of other Indian voices...read more

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