"Prepare yourself for a deeper look into my life as an Indigenous woman, and my continued path towards finding myself and the voice I always had. I use prose poetry and powerful imagery to convey the feelings, experiences, and thoughts I could never express verbally."--Page 4 of cover.

"I am dreaming of animals of the Native Northwest shares rich, cultural art pictures and the poetic cadence will bring a calmness to every child's heart"--Back cover.

In this poetry collection readers will get a deeper look into my life as an Indigenous woman, and my continued path towards finding myself and the voice I always had. I use prose poetry and powerful imagery to convey the feelings, experiences, and thoughts I could never express verbally. I talk honestly and openly about my personal trauma, trauma in my family and of my people, as well as our resiliency. My dream with sharing these words are that they reach someone somewhere, and they feel safe and seen while reading them, as much as I did writing them.

The third part

One of the foremost Native writers in North America, Lee Maracle links her First Nations heritage with feminism in this visionary book. "Maracle has created a book of true wisdom, intense pride, sisterhood and love." -Milestones Review

"I Am Indigenous" isn't just any children's book-it's like a magical adventure that uncovers family stories and the amazing things about where you come from. In this story, you'll find out how your ancestors lived-hunting, telling stories by the campfire, and becoming one with nature. Imagine moonlit nights, wolves howling, and frogs singing, creating a world where people and the land are like best buddies. This special book is like a big hug to your family history, showing that the spark of who you are shines super bright from long, long ago. The colors and words of indigenous cultures aren't just old stories; they're like magic threads making a strong and proud community. As you read this story, you get to be a hero too, learning about your heritage and carrying the torch of wisdom into your own adventures, discovering what makes you uniquely you!

Here is the author's third book of poetry. This book contains poems written over the last 2 plus years. From late 2016 to August 2019, the world has experienced a tremendous increase in social and environmental pressures and this poet could not escape such influences. Whether it was the day to day corruption oozing from the White House or the more and more obvious climate crisis, world events have seeped into our lives. In the search for truth, it is in such times as ours, that it is the poet's job to reflect on what is going on around us. Hopefully, I have refined some of what has been pressed into our lives into poetic fine vintages for you to enjoy and ponder. There are poems about our environment and the climate crisis. And there are poems about the current President of the United States. Other issues of our times are touched upon as well. But this book also contains lighter verse, including a couple of limericks and several quatrains. And there are the usual searches for beauty and universal truths, that are found in our regular and more common daily events. So captured here in these poems is a slice of time I hope you, the reader, will find both entertaining and thought provoking. And with some humility, I hope that future historians will find some value in this book of poetry when they seek to understand what was going on in these years.