Yáamay : an anthology of feminine perspectives across Indigenous California

Davalos, Camaray. (Added Author). Macarro, Avelaka. (Added Author). Macarro, Rebecca. (Added Author).

Summary: A collection of Indigenous poetry, artwork, and essays specific to what is now known as Southern California. The lead authors separated these pieces into the four natural parts of our story: Tówla (Root), Kúp (Sleep, Dormant), Wólnish (Cultivate), and $ó'a (Bloom), with each section exploring the eras of pre-contact, post-contact, present, and future. Collectively, these pieces portray the multifarious effects of colonization on Indigenous people of this area, from the California Mission system, to the traumatic assimilationist policies that are still felt today. At the same time, a focus on ancestral teachings, the nostalgia of growing up on the rez, and the joys of (self)love and independence can be found in a way that defies these wounds.

Record details

ISBN: 9781942279341 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xvii, 100 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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Publisher: Pechanga, California : Great Oak Press, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Hantak Siny: frog woman / by Theresa Gregor (poem) -- Nim Wetsip: awakening to motherhood / by Poyomi Thopishin (Jasmine Curlin) (poem) -- Nim Wetsip / by Poyomi McDarment (digital painting) -- Náavut / by Nicole Vasquez-Sutter (poem) -- Milkyway $ungáal / by Camaray Davalos (poem) -- Tuutuchivish - Free / Annalisa Berrios by Pekuna Hong (digital photo) -- Great oak / by Nicole Vasquez-Sutter (poem) -- Unearthed / by Kelly Caballero (poem) -- Kiicha / by Ericka Lopez (graphite pencil) -- Contact / by Megan Dorame (poem) -- Sweet orange / by Megan Dorame (poem) -- Uncle / by Kaitra Sbragia (poem) -- Thieved / by Emily Clarke (poem) -- To my unborn / by Jenah Lattin (poem) -- Shapeshifter / by Emily Clarke (poem) -- Daddy singing in the shower / by Annalisa Berrios (poem) -- Best picture / by Meadow Fuller (poem) -- Backwards / by Alexis Munoa Dyer (poem + photos) -- Where did it begin? / by Amanda Nogales (poem) -- Living things / by Rebecca Macarro (poem) -- House of Obsidian / by Camaray Davalos (poem) -- The Rez / by Nicole Vasquez-Sutter (poem) -- 1995 / by April Bouchard (poem) -- Does my shell fit your idea of a soul / by Meadow Fuller (poem) -- We do have seasons / by Rebecca Macarro (poem) -- Every lover is a warrior / by Jenah Lattin (poem) -- Missing piece / by Desiree Wetz (poem) -- How do you pronounce it? / by Avelaka Macarro (short essay) -- Bird songs / by Megan Dorame (poem) -- Rebirthed / by Kelly Caballero (poem) -- Living as an Indigenous woman / by Makayla Murillo (short essay) -- To my children / by Alexis Munoa Dyer (poem) -- Nokáamay / by Alexis Munoa Dyer (photos) -- 'Oomay lo'xakat néy - My ancestors made me / by Casse Kihuut (digital painting) -- To my sister / by Genevra Munoa (poem) -- Probable imagination / by Meadow Fuller (poem) -- 'Atáaxum / by Nicole Vasquez-Sutter (poem) -- Strength is woven into her DNA / by Marlene' Dusek (mixed media) -- Indigenous motherhood / by Tristen Orosco (short essay) -- Beyond loss / by Avelaka Macarro (short essay) -- Our future / by Desiree Wetz (poem) -- Cogstones/The Pleiades / by Megan Dorame (poem) -- She peers into the collective spirits of the universe / by Jenah Lattin (poem) -- Notoowi 'ahétha'ax - My open spirit / Annalisa Berrios by Pekuna Hong (digital photo) -- Curative creativity: The power of cooking as healing / by Camaray Davalos (short essay) -- Regeneration / by Marlene' Dusek (short essay) -- Perception through reflection / by Emily Burgueno (poem) -- Moloka'i / by Kaitra Sbragia (poem) -- Néy - Self portrait / by Casse Kihuut (digital painting)
Language Note:	English with some Luiseño.