I Am Not a Number Dene In these poems

In these poems

Government employees and programs controlled reservation economies and opposed traditional practices

Mamaskatch—"It's a wonder

real and imagined lose their meaning

A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country stresses its peaceful nature and reveals the breadth of Lakota views on the subject

I Am Not a Number Dene In these poemsWhen Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school, she is confused, frightened and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from despite being told to do otherwise. When she goes home for summer holidays, her parents decide never to send her away again, but where will she hide and what will happen when her parents disobey the law?