Wendy Rose
Wendy Rose
Wendy Roseis a Hopi/Miwok writer. Having grown up in an environment which placed little emphasis on her Native American background, much of her verse deals with her search for her personal identity as a Native American. She is also an anthropologist, artist, and social scientist...
father land roots
[The] Hopi earth does contain my roots and I am, indeed, from that land. Because the roots are there, I will find them. But when I find them, [my father] said, I must rebuild myself as a Hopi. I am not merely a conduit, but a participant. I am not a victim, but a woman.
although continue hardest hit people places rebuild recent rethink strongly urge
We know people are going to continue to live right on the coast. We know they are going to rebuild in many of the places that were hardest hit by the recent hurricanes, although we would strongly urge people to rethink that.