the astonishing dunefields and forests where pleasure and love are both grief and joy

Harjo’s tale of a hardscrabble youth

How can the government abandon treaties made in good faith with Native Americans “for as long as the grasses shall grow

who moved to the big city of Minneapolis

and contemporary nature and science writing

An American Sunrise memoir the astonishing dunefields and forestsIn this stunning collection, Joy Harjo finds blessings in the abundance of her homeland and confronts the site where the Mvskoke people, including her own ancestors, were forcibly displaced. From her memory of her mother's death, to her beginnings in the Native rights movement, to the fresh road with her beloved, Harjo's personal life intertwines with tribal histories to create a space for renewed beginnings.