Names of the States by Lucillle Lang Day

Lucille Lang Day reads "Names of the States", a poem from her book Birds of San Pancho and Other Poems of Place. The video is an excerpt from Literary Dialogs with Nina Serrano featuring Lucille Lang Day soon to be available on www.ninaserrano.com. "Names of the States" reveals how the original Indigenous names of their lands remain embedded to this day in the names of the states of the United States of America. At the same time, her poem, expressed with a hopeful and sensitive heart, tells the story of land theft and cultural obliteration against the tribes, a story that is suppressed in our history. "Names of the States" dramatizes the enduring strength and persistence of Indigenous cultures showing the roots of place names that we all know and use everyday.

Видео Names of the States by Lucillle Lang Day канала Paul Richards