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"Through a single descendant's voice that speaks to the Sámi diaspora, this collection of poems is a journey through colonialism, transgenerational trauma, and identity. Many have heard of the Sámi reindeer herders brought to Alaska by Sheldon Jackson in the 1800s, but not much is known...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Prescott, Vivian Faith (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2022]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sami language.
Lapon (Langue) > Poesie.
Sami language > Poetry.
Poesie.
Poetry.
poetry.
Poetry
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • She Was Taught How to Be Born
  • Our tents are small volcanoes
  • Rodda-Hard going (too little snow)
  • A Thousand Words for Snow
  • In the Age of Print
  • Seanas-The dry, large-grained, and water-holding snow at the deepest layers, closest to the ground surface, found in late winter and spring
  • it is easy for reindeer to dig through seanas
  • Beallgalmmas-Half-frozen
  • Cartography
  • Vuohttit-To observe and learn from tracks 15 Drawing Blanks
  • Jolas-Tracks made in the snow by reindeer, dogs, or wolves, which have gone in a row
  • Njáhcu-Thaw
  • Moarri-Thin ice crust that breaks and cuts the hoofs of horses and reindeers
  • Mapping the Drum
  • Exhibit 422: The Shaman's Drum
  • Jasa-Patch of snow in summer or late spring
  • Spildi-Very thin layer of ice on water or milk
  • Likewise Great Observers of Omens
  • Oppas-Tracks
  • Suovdnji-Hole in the snow where ptarmigan hide
  • grazing hole dug by reindeer
  • hole dug by humans when melting snow or to shelter from a storm
  • Ulahat-Almost unrecognizable winter way or track covered by drifted snow
  • Stolen by Colonizers: Google Search for Our Sámi Drums
  • Skoavdi-Empty space between snow and the ground
  • Soatma-Ice-slush or snow-slush on the water of a river or a lake
  • The Fire Tender
  • Goahpálat-The kind of snowstorm in which the snow falls thickly and sticks to things
  • Drum Jingle
  • Unravel the Wind
  • Unleash
  • Joavgat-When falling snow is driven along by the wind
  • Transgenerationalmigrationallinguisticalgenocidalinaudible historicalvernacular
  • Fáskka-Snow blown by the wind into an embankment
  • Jođáhat-Tracks in the snow left by a migrating reindeer herd
  • Veađahat-Place where snow has been blown away
  • (nearly) bare patch
  • Baahke-Snow blowing in the wind in warm weather
  • Joavgama-Deep snow lying undisturbed and does not get blown away (in a place there is shelter from the wind like in a forest) 51 Sonnet for Migrations
  • Guoldu-Cloud of snow blowing up from the ground when there is a hard frost without very much wind
  • Muohtaborga-Cloud or spray of snow, either falling or whirled up from the ground by a strong wind
  • Traveling to the Sun
  • Doali-Road or track covered by snow, but still distinguishable
  • Oavlluš-Depression or hollow with slushy snow in it, on land or on ice
  • Skávvi-Crust of ice on snow, formed in the evening after the sun has thawed the top of the snow during the day
  • Earpmi-A little snowfall where the snowflakes are very small
  • How to say IT
  • Vuožži-Wet bare ice
  • Our skulls are filled with suns
  • Loanjis-Tracks of the whole herd of reindeer
  • Check the Box
  • Gaska-geardi-Layer of crust
  • Write like a Sámi
  • Ukiuq-Become winter
  • A Dark Imagining
  • All the Sámi Findings
  • Bulltje-Large lumps of snow that stick to a house
  • Imagine not knowing if you're a man or a reindeer

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