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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: NATIVE AMERICANS - HISTORY Matches Found: 58 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CRY FROM AN INDIAN WIFE, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: My forest brave, my red-skin love, farewell Last Line: Perhaps the white man's god has willed it so. Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Courage; Freedom; Marriage; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; War; Worry; Valor; Bravery; Liberty; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America A POET'S APPEAL FOR THE NATURAL: 4. THE HORSE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: For native rhythm, and poetry Last Line: Across the trembling firmament. Subject(s): Animals; Horses; Native Americans - History; Poetry & Poets; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States AMERICA'S WOUNDED KNEE (AN UNPOETIC SUBJECT ON ASSIGNMENT), by PHILLIP WILLIAM GEORGE Poem Source First Line: First full moon of overgrown buffalo grass Last Line: One more remains - just one percent left Subject(s): Native Americans - History BEAUTIFUL AND THE DANGEROUS, by BARBARA TEDLOCK Poem Source First Line: Under a swollen lavender sky a crowd of men in black blankets Last Line: A returned pilgrim. Examples of ethnographic bad faith Subject(s): Love - Incestuous; Native Americans - History BEAVERS, by GERALD VIZENOR Poem Source First Line: Turn the sixth card over at dawn Last Line: Beaver near the end in the city Subject(s): Animal Rights; Animals; Beavers; Fur Trade; Hunting; Native Americans - History BLUE MARROW, by LOUISE BERNICE HALFE Poem Source First Line: Grandmothers hold me. I must pass all that I possess, every Last Line: Of our struggling hearts? Subject(s): Explorers; Hunting; Native Americans - History; Native Americans - Wars; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) BRIEF GUIDE TO AMERICAN HISTORY TEACHERS, by CARTER REVARD Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Name several american holocausts, the nations involved Last Line: Of course not: it never has been, and this is no time to begin doing so Alternate Author Name(s): Nompewathe Subject(s): Native Americans - History CITIZENSHIP FOR THE RED MAN, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A mighty nation we have built Last Line: Merge proudly in american! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Native Americans - History; United States; America CONVERSATIONS IN PASSING, by LAURA TOHE Poem Source First Line: Two university vans! %man, if that wasn't letting Last Line: Maybe we'll survive the streets of that town Subject(s): Massacres; Native Americans - History; Prisons And Prisoners; Racism; Tyranny And Tyrants COYOTE'S ANTHRO, by PETER BLUE CLOUD Poem Source First Line: The anthropologist was very excited. He'd just received his Last Line: Weren't sure of. And you, my friend, forgot to sing Subject(s): Anthropology; Native Americans - History; Speech DEATH CRY FOR THE LANGUAGE, by DIANE GLANCY Poem Source First Line: Grandmother %tuya:taht'a branches at the top Last Line: The narrow passages from this world Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry; Cherokee Indians; Native Americans - History; Native Americans - Wars; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) IN THE LONGHOUSE, ONEIDA MUSEUM, by ROBERTA HILL WHITEMAN Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Houses of five fires, you never raised me Last Line: Without oil, hasp or uranium. Alternate Author Name(s): Hill, Roberta Subject(s): Iroquois Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 1. SALUTATIONS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Are of two sorts and come immediatley before the body. The pro Last Line: So slow otherwise %so close Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 10. OF THE SEASON OF THE YEERE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They have thirteen moneths and are content to settle for Last Line: Membranes %undercuts the alibi Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 11. OF TRAVELL, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: What paths their swift of foot have cut in history and philosophy Last Line: Inside and add %it up to zero Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 12. CONCERNING THE HEAVENS AND, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Which they adore, above acknowledging colonization. The stellar Last Line: Take territory %from imperative Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 13. OF THE WEATHER, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: It may bee wondred why, new england being 12 neerer to Last Line: Big masculine history %on tap Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 14. OF THE WINDS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Accounts for eight cardinalls flying out of context though Last Line: Tongue tied %into another language Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 15. OF FOWLE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Auchaui. Gone afowling. The crows eat up the sky, and Last Line: Of certain planets %totally opaque Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 16. OF THE EARTH AND FRUITS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They are exact and punctual in the bounds of property and Last Line: All terms are %physical Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 17. OF BEASTS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Netasuog. Cattell. Is the name the indians give tame beasts Last Line: Though without clear %direction into prey Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 18. OF THE SEA, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: A site of passage, of dreadful to move on, of depth between Last Line: Beyond displacement %in exchange Subject(s): Language; Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Sea; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 19. OF FISH AND FISHING, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Rising from sleep teeming with cold, bass, mackerel, salmon Last Line: As equal opportunity Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 2. OF EATING AND ENTERTAINMENT, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Indian corne, boiled with free will and predestination is a Last Line: All flesh considered %as a value Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 20. OF THEIR NAKEDNESSE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They have a two-fold nakednesse they scan for traces of the Last Line: It's for the birds to flock %a semblance %of together Subject(s): Clothing And Dress; Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 21. OF RELIGION, THE SOULE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They won't deny englishman's god made english men, but Last Line: With curtains drawn %to higher aspirations Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 22. OF THEIR GOVERNMENT AND, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Caunounicus, the elder sachim, far removed from probability Last Line: The elements lie %evenly in periods Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 23. OF MARRIAGE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Flesh, considered as cognitive region, as opposed to undifferentiated Last Line: Through periods of waxing and weaning Subject(s): Language; Marriage; Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 24. CONCERNING THEIR COYNE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Indians are ignorant of europe's coyne yet call it moneash Last Line: Does not differ Subject(s): Language; Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 25. OF BUYING AND SELLING, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Amongst themselves they trade great plains of experience Last Line: Cosaumawem. You aske too much Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 26. OF DEBTS AND TRUSTING, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They are desirous to come into debt and have bequeathed Last Line: Of keeping warm not infinite Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 27. OF THEIR HUNTING, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: First they pursue their game in grammatical components when they drive the wood Last Line: And home, time and %the western world Subject(s): Language; Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 28. OF THEIR GAMING, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Their public games, whether cards (rushes), dice or football Last Line: A necessary part %of the material world Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 29. OF THEIR WARRE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Surplus valor comes as messenger and heaves ambush. Shottash Last Line: My self the self of others Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 3. CONCERNING SLEEPE AND LODGING, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They will sleepe without the doores, above sea-level, with Last Line: An empty %promise %lodged against me Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 30. OF THEIR PAINTINGS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: 1. They paint their garments Last Line: Refinanced memory %washes white Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 31. OF SICKNESSE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: The indians' misery appeares they have no physick other Last Line: By fatigue %at this point %of the instep Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 32. OF DEATH AND BURIALL, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: He that hath death in his house blackes his face. Soot clotted Last Line: Be understood forward %or backward Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 4. OF THEIR NUMBERS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Without the help of wall street, how quick they are in Last Line: Could come apart %and tell %their seeds Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 5. OF THEIR RELATIONS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They hold it red and wear it on their skin, a bond prey to Last Line: To make it safe to have a self Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 6. OF THE FAMILY AND BUSINESSE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: A sloemne word, family, that no one trained to explore celestial Last Line: Their gums their genes their lovingly Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 7. OF THEIR PERSONS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Great bunch of hayre raked from darkness, yet as organized Last Line: Like fog in anywhere Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 8. OF DISCOURSE AND NEWES, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Tiding on condition, a corresponding sign to sound which our Last Line: Matter how %he can't forget Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 9. OF THE TIME OF THE DAY, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: How high the sun Last Line: The frame around the body Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Time; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) NATIONAL MONUMENT, by MILDRED M. JEFFREY Poem Source First Line: My head is full of apaches Last Line: Head of cochise said the plaque Subject(s): Native Americans - History NATIVE AMERICAN BROADCASTING SYSTEM, by SHERMAN ALEXIE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Five hundred years from now, archaeologists will discover Last Line: The grasses grow %the rivers flow Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Cherokee Indians; Greyhounds; Native Americans - History; Native Americans - Wars; Nuclear War; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Travel NATIVE SONG, by JOHN CONSTANTINE MASTOR Poem Source First Line: The land was stolen & Last Line: Dispersal from their land %a proud people stand tall Subject(s): Native Americans - History NOTHING IS TAKEN THAT IS NOT GIVEN, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rap beat of arrested development flared through the red Last Line: Nothing was taken that was not given Subject(s): Anthropology; Ethnic Identity; Explorers; Native Americans - History; Native Americans - Reservations; Tourists; Travel POPEYE'S KITCHEN, A LETTER FROM THE INDIAN SCHOOL 2, by LAURA TOHE Poem Source First Line: Went to the presbyterian church this morning. May jean said they served Last Line: Washing those pots and don't mess with popeye Subject(s): Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Navajo Indians; Racism; Slavery RETURNING THE GIFT, by HAUNANI-KAY TRASK Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: An ocean and a half a continent away Last Line: Of mourning %in our ma'I Subject(s): Hawaii; Native Americans - History SITTING BULL AT THE CIRCUS, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The treaty broken again, the lands lost Subject(s): Native Americans - History; Sitting Bull (hunkpapa Sioux Chief) SITTING BULL'S WILL VERSUS THE SIOUX TREATY .. & MONTY HALL, by A. K. REDWING Poem Source First Line: Clarence short bull died Last Line: And a vast army of granite-faced clowns Subject(s): Native Americans - History; Sitting Bull (hunkpapa Sioux Chief) SURVIVAL, by CHERYL SAVAGEAU Poem Source First Line: On cape cod Last Line: Holding the earth safe %through furious winds Subject(s): Native Americans - History THE INDIAN DEATH WAIL, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: All the village of rikawrus Last Line: Beats the aching heart of man. Subject(s): Cheyene Indians - Wars; Native Americans - History; West (u.s.) - Exploration THE MINISTRY OF NATURE; OR, THE TEMPLE SERVICE OF THE SEASONS, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: Ordained of god to preach the truth to men Last Line: Thus nature worships god the whole year through. Subject(s): Indian Summer; Native Americans - History; Nature; Preaching & Preachers; Seasons THE WESTWARD MARCH, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: Beside some lost alaskan lake Last Line: As the waters fill the sea! Subject(s): Native Americans - History; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Sailing & Sailors; Sea Voyages; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Seamen; Sails; Native Americans - Removal; Journeys; Trips WHEN THE MOON DIED, by LAURA TOHE Poem Source Last Line: The earth is angry at the people. %we're not living right Subject(s): Crime And Criminals; Death; Leadership; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Navajo Indians; Prisons And Prisoners WOUNDED KNEE: 1890-1973, by WENDY ROSE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I fear to see Subject(s): Native Americans - History; Wounded Knee, Battle Of (1890) |
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