Shapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers stories and other groups that make

and other groups that make up the broad range of the Anishinaabe-speaking peoples

and learning about Métis history

Medicine Trail represents a major contribution to anthropology

Delphine meets Eva and is enchanted

and ceremonies that marked the individual's passage from birth to death

Shapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers stories and other groups that makeJust as a basket's purpose determines its materials, weave, and shape, so too is the purpose of the essay related to its material, weave, and shape. Editors Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton ground this anthology of essays by Native writers in the formal art of basket weaving. Using weaving techniques such as coiling and plaiting as organizing themes, the editors have curated an exciting collection of imaginative, world making lyric essays by