This is Where ecology A first of its kind

A first of its kind

and ancestral instincts we all have as treasures within ourselves to share

repair their kayak

Despite the undeniable fact that Indigenous communities are among the most affected by climate devastation

This is Where ecology A first of its kindPoetry collection by Louise Waakaa'igan, recipient of the 2017 PEN Poetry Prize for her first place poem, "There is Where." In this eagerly anticipated volume Anishinaabekwe poet Louise K. Waakaa'igan lets us hear the "winds of flutes" even as she writes from "concrete plains" of prison. In the tradition of political prisoners Leonard Peltier and Marilyn Buck, this poet lets word fly through and beyond prison walls. A multilayered origin story, This