We Brothertown but her mother barely recognizes

but her mother barely recognizes her

a little girl wanders too far into the woods

Ahead of the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving

Told in Alice’s raw and darkly funny voice

government boarding schools

We Brothertown but her mother barely recognizesAn extraordinary work of poetry, essay, and artwork by Layli Long Soldier, author of the award winning WHEREAS In We, Layli Long Soldier examines what it means to be in community, to be in relation with family, nation, history, and language. We is the first person plural, the pronoun of inclusion in English. It is also W, the Lakota word meaning "blood" what is shared and what is shed. In this ingenious and insightful arrangement of poems, lyric