The language of the scientists that Erdrich sometimes quotes in epigraphs seems reductive in comparison to the richness of tone and meaning that these poems— filled with puns

Finally we see Tantaquidgeon's return to her beloved Mohegan Hill

as more and more members of the tribe began to die under mysterious circumstances

has a double meaning: treasured apple of my eye

calling out bullies through personal manifestos

Life's Journey—Zuya: Oral Teachings from Rosebud memoir The language of the scientistsOur people are very lucky to be here, says Albert White Hat Sr. He has lived through a time when Indians were sent to boarding schools and were not permitted to practice their own rituals. Although the Lakota people can practice their beliefs openly once again, things have changed and old ways have been forgotten. As a teacher at Sinte Gleska University in South Dakota, White Hat seeks to preserve the link the Lakota people have with their past. In