Mary TallMountain Biography
Mary TallMountain (1918-1994) was a poet and storyteller of mixed Scotch-Irish and Koyukon ancestry. Her works deal with the interplay of Christianity with indigenous beliefs and the difficulties of her own life. After her mother died she was adopted by a white couple where she faced prejudice among whites. It is also alleged that her adoptive father molested her. Hence struggle and healing are common in her work.
The last wolf hurried toward me
through the ruined city
and I heard his baying echoes
down the steep smashed warrens
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Soogha eldest brother I never knew,
the people gave you new clothes.
In spring they honored men
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All we have in this country are police and women.
You can't complain to the police because they might
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At this very moment
as anti-Marxists
and anti-anarchists
and anti-revolutionary liberals
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