Poem Activity Indigenous Experience
The Native American experience (US)
Choose one poem to read and to answer questions about.
Grief Calls Us to Things of This World (Sherman Alexie)
From "Bestiary" (Sherman Alexie)
Laughter (Cristoso Apache)
They inherit a packet of earth (Sherwin Bitsui)
Combing (Gladys Cardiff)
The Storm (Nora Marks Dauenhauer)
The Gulf of California (Anita Endrezze)
Apologies (Karenne Wood)
If you want to explore poetry foundation for another poem from the collection "Native American Poetry and Culture), you are welcome to.
Below in the comments, please answer these questions :
1. What poem did you chose?
2. What are some key words from the poem? What new words did you learn?
3. Describe the feeling you felt after reading the poem (read it at least two times)
4. How do you relate these poems to the encounters you have had with the indigenous experience in Colombia? (especially those who went to TierraDentro).
5. Write a question for your classmates to answer about the poem.
6. Look at your classmates responses and choose one poem to read and answer your classmates question.
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