Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- MI'KMAQ -- Introduction by Jaime Battiste -- Chief Stephen Augustine -- Mi'kmaq Creation Story -- Grand Council of the Mi'kmaq Nation -- The Covenant Chain -- Elsie Charles Basque (b. 1916) -- From Here to There -- Rita Joe (1932-2007) -- From "Song of Rita Joe" -- Daniel N. Paul (b. 1938) -- From "We Were Not the Savages" -- Marie Battiste (b. 1949) -- Structural Unemployment: The Mi'kmaq Experience -- James Sakej Youngblood Henderson (b. 1944) -- Mi'kmaq Treaties -- Lorne Simon (1960-1994) -- From "Stones and Switches" -- Lindsay Marshall (b. 1960) -- Clay Pots and Bones -- Mainkewin? (Are You Going to Maine?) -- Progress -- Jaime Battiste (b. 1979) -- From "Understanding the Progression of Mi'kmaq Law" -- Alice Azure (b. 1940) -- Repatriation Soliloquy -- Mi'kmaq Haiku -- Someday I Will Dance -- Starlit Simon (b. 1983) -- Without a Microphone -- In Quest of Road Kill -- Notes -- Further Reading -- MALISEET -- Introduction by Juana Perley -- Gabriel Acquin (1839-1901) -- Pictograph -- Chief James Paul -- Letter to Edward Sapir, 1911 -- Henry "Red Eagle" Perley (1885-1972) -- The Red Man's Burden -- Shirley Bear -- Freeport, Maine -- History Resource Material -- Baqwa'sun, Wuli Baqwa'sun -- September Morning -- Fragile Freedoms -- Andrea Bear Nicholas -- Linguicide, the Killing of Languages, and the Case for Immersion Education -- Chief Brenda Commander (b. 1958) -- Open Letter to Barack Obama -- Mihku Paul (b. 1958) -- The Ballad of Gabe Acquin -- The Water Road -- Return -- 20th Century PowWow Playland -- Trade in the 21st Century -- Notes -- Further Reading -- PASSAMAQUODDY -- Introduction by Donald Soctomah -- Sopiel Soctomah (1755-1820) -- Wampum Reading -- Chief Francis Joseph Neptune (1735-1834) -- Speech, 1813 -- Deacon Sockabasin (1790-1888).

Save the Fish and Wildlife and Return Our Land! -- Joseph Stanislaus (1800-1880) -- Sopiel Selmore (1814-1903) -- Megaque's Last Battle -- Tomah Joseph (1837-1914) -- The Power of One's Will -- Lewis Mitchell (1847-1930) -- Speech before the Maine State Legislature, 1887 -- Letter to Charles Godfrey Leland -- Sylvia Gabriel (1929-2003) -- Wounded Be -- From Dusk to Dawn -- Peter Mitchell (1929-1978) -- Open Letter to Americans -- Mary Ellen Stevens Socobasin (1947-1988) -- Passamaquoddy Girl -- Donald Soctomah (b. 1955) -- Skicin Love -- Forever Tribal Love -- Sacred Color Red -- Vera Francis (b. 1958) -- Technology Meets Ecology: Passamaquoddy Bay -- Dawna Meader (b. 1959) -- Gordon Island -- Seasons -- Dream of the Hunter's Dance -- Susie Mitchell Sutton (b. 1963) -- My Story of the Dragonfly and My Sister Rae-Lee and My mom! -- Wendy Newell Dyer (b. 1964) -- A Warrior's Homecoming -- Russell Bassett (b. 1967) -- A Measure of Timelessness -- Majestic Beauty -- Of Life from Life -- One Aspect of the Journey of Life -- Kani Malsom (b. 1969) -- To My Brothers, -- Rolfe Richter (b. 1969) -- "Spring drew its first breath the previous day..." -- Christine Downing (b. 1972) -- A Summer Day in Motahkomikuk -- Maggie Neptune Dana (b. 1973) -- Coming Together -- Sacred Hoop Ceremony -- Marie Francis (b. 1975) -- Diminished Dreams -- Natalie Dana (b. 1985) -- Listen -- Fragmented People -- With This Pencil -- Jenny Soctomah (b. 1985) -- "The spirit is deep within us..." -- Ellen Nicholas (b. 1987) -- The Heart of Sipayik -- Sipayik Reservation 1974 -- Cassandra Dana (b. 1992) -- Kci Woliwon -- Notes -- Further Reading -- PENOBSCOT -- Introduction by Carol Dana -- Penobscot Governors and Indians in Council -- Maine State Power -- Joseph Nicolar (1827-1894) -- The Scribe of the Penobscots Sends Us His Weekly Message -- Molly Spotted Elk (1903-1977).

We're In the Chorus Now -- Geegis -- "I'm free in the world of these carpeted hills..." -- "Some ten or few years so ago or more..." -- Baby Girl -- The Lost Soul of the Wilderness -- The Dreamer-Moodas (The Dream Spirit) -- Northern Lights -- Fred Ranco (1932-2008) -- The Avenger -- ssipsis (b. 1941) -- Injun Laugh -- Gewh Huz -- Donna Loring (b. 1948) -- The Dark Ages of Education and a New Hope: Teaching Native American History in Maine Schools -- Carol Dana (b. 1952) -- Penobscot Home Nation -- We're Like the Moss on the Rock -- Caribou Lake Winter -- "Mother of three didn't know..." -- "Pensive in her rocking chair..." -- Children -- A Walk to Ktadhin -- Rhonda Frey (1955-2009) -- Growing Up with Stereotypes: A Native Woman's Perspective -- John Bear Mitchell (b. 1968) -- What's It Like Today? (from the Ulnerbeh series) -- Sherri Mitchell (b. 1969) -- Nokomis Speaks: Message to the Seventh Generation -- Sky Woman -- The Lodge -- Nick Bear (b. 1985) -- Dry Funk -- gladly -- Treaty of 2010 -- february weather makes me feel like this -- Notes -- Further Reading -- ABENAKI -- Introduction by Lisa Brooks -- Samuel Numphow -- Letter from Numphow and John Line to Mr. Thomas Henchman of Chelmsford [Whom the Council had asked to persuade them to return] -- Kancamagus -- Petitions, c. 1685 -- Petition at No. 2, Kwinitekw, 1747 -- Joseph Laurent (1839-1917) -- Preface to "New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues" -- Henry Lorne Masta (1853-?) -- From "Abenaki Indian Legends, Grammar and Place-Names" -- Robert James Tahamont (1891-?) -- Chief Teedyuscung -- The Masquerade Ball -- Stephen Laurent (1909-2001) -- The Abenakis of Vermont -- Claudia Mason Chicklas (1926-2008) -- A Profile in Courage -- Aunt Mary and Uncle Frank -- Joseph Bruchac III (b. 1942) -- From "Bowman's Store" -- Burial Places along the Long River -- Ndakinna.

Carol Willette Bachofner (b. 1947) -- Abenaki Divorce -- Winter Bringer -- In the Abenaki Manner -- Naming Water -- Wazôliinebi -- The Old Man's Walk -- Planting Moon "Kikas" -- Burial Dress -- Jibaaki -- Cheryl Savageau (b. 1950) -- Poison in the Pond -- Smallpox -- Where I Want Them -- Swift River-Kancamagus -- Before Moving on to Plymouth from Cape Cod-1620 -- Amber Necklace -- Trees -- Looking for Indians -- French Girls Are Fast -- Donna Laurent Caruso (b. 1951) -- The Removal Period -- Nnd Haiku: A Trilogy -- Abenaki Filmmaker Earns Luminaria Award -- Margaret M. Bruchac (b. 1953) -- War Wounds: Sophie Senecal Goes to Washington -- Praying Spoils the Hunting -- Suzanne S. Rancourt (b. 1959) -- Take From My Hair-Memories of Change -- Thunderbeings -- Fanning Fire -- Singing Across the River -- Even When the Sky Was Clear -- When the Air Is Dry -- James Bruchac (b. 1968) -- Tracking My Nature -- Jesse Bruchac (b. 1972) -- Gluskonba's Fish Trap ("Klosk8ba Adelahigan") -- Notes -- Further Reading -- NIPMUC -- Introduction by Cheryl Watching Crow Stedtler -- Wowaus (James Printer, c. 1640-c. 1709) -- Note Tacked to a Tree, Medfield, Massachusetts, 1676[?] -- Ransom Note for Mary Rowlandson -- Ebenezer Hemenway (1804-c. 1878) -- Written by Ebenezer Hemenway on the Death of His Mother, February 17, 1847 -- Zara Ciscoe Brough (1919-1988) -- Days of Hassanamesit -- Corrine Bostic (1927-1981) -- Ballad for Bubba -- Dedication to the Young: Cuttin' a Spoonful -- Touchstones -- Slatemen -- For Teachers: A Self-Reminder -- Richard Spotted Rabbit Massey (1934-2012) -- Hepsibeth Bowman Crosman Hemenway, 1763-1847 -- Edwin W. Morse Sr. (Chief Wise Owl, 1929-2010) -- Chief Wise Owl's Prayer -- Kitt Little Turtle (George Munyan, 1940-2004) -- Coyote Spirit -- Nipmuck Legend -- Legend about Hobbamock -- The Heat Moon -- Nancy Bright Sky Harris (b. 1952).

To Carol and David with Love -- Woman of the Warrior -- Wind from Summer -- The Gifted Porcupine Roach Maker -- Creator of Life -- Hear Your People -- There Was a Time -- Hawk Henries (b. 1956) -- Carrying the Flute -- Cheryl Watching Crow Stedtler (b. 1960) -- Honoring a Father and a Son -- Full Circle -- Never Too Late to Dance -- "Circle low..." -- Pressed -- Cheryll Toney Holley (b. 1962) -- A Brief Look at Nipmuc History -- Bruce Curliss (b. 1965) -- "Authentic," Power, and Stuck in My Craw -- Woman, Mother, Sister, Daughter, Lover -- Larry Spotted Crow Mann (b. 1967) -- From "Deal Me In" -- Heart in the Clouds -- The Crow -- Sarah "She Paints Horses" Stedtler (b. 1997) -- The Fresh Water People -- An Indian Gathering -- Indians -- The Dancer's Foot -- Notes -- Further Reading -- WAMPANOAG -- Introduction by Joan Tavares Avant (Granny Squannit) -- Early Texts in Massachusett -- Petition from Gay Head Sachem Mittark, 1681 -- Petition from Gay Head, 1749 -- Petition from Gay Head to Commissioners of New England Company -- Alfred DeGrasse (1890-1978) -- About Poison Ivy -- The Legend of the Red Eagle -- Mabel Avant (1892-1964) -- Interview -- The Voice of Our Forsaken Church -- Helen Manning (1919-2008) -- From "Moshup's Footsteps" -- Frank James (Wamsutta, 1923-2001) -- National Day of Mourning -- Helen Attaquin (1923-1993) -- How Martha's Vineyard Came to Be -- From "There Are Differences" -- Russell Peters (Fast Turtle, 1929-2002) -- From "The Wampanoags of Mashpee" -- Anne Foxx (b. 1950) -- Historical Continuities in Indigenous Women's Political Activism -- Linda Coombs -- Holistic History: Including the Wampanoag in an Exhibit at Plimoth Plantation -- Paula Peters -- Wampanoag Reflections -- Beware: Not All Terms Are Fair Game -- Robert Peters (b. 1962) -- Grandfather -- Red Sun Rising -- Mwalim *7)/Morgan James Peters.

From "A Mixed Medicine Bag".