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The Eternal Sacred Dwells In This Moment
June 4, 2022 // Indigenous Knowledge, Poetry
Lois Red Elk writes and speaks using the ancient human language of the continent. In her latest poem, she offers a universal truth: Be present and aware in the here and now
Read MoreThe Trickster Renders Us Invisible
October 10, 2021 // Poetry, Wildlife
Lois Red Elk writes a poem about coyote that reminds how the essence of being is not material, but everything else
Read MoreOn Motherhood, Nativism And Immigration
July 24, 2018 // Community, Community Change, Indigenous Wisdom, Poetry
Lois Red Elk offers two poems reminding that dreams of better lives are planted in the young
Read MoreImagine Foreign Invaders Coming Into The Land
January 26, 2018 // Community, Community Change, Culture
Poet Lois Red Elk serves as translator on a road trip and pays homage to Ella Cara Deloria
Read MoreSpeaking The Ancient Lexicon Of North America
January 1, 2018 // Culture
In two poems for the new year, Lois Red Elk offers MoJo readers the chance to expand their human vocabulary
Read MorePoems About Mato And The Power Of Bear Medicine
December 3, 2017 // Culture, Public Lands, Wildlife
Perfect for the approaching solstice, MoJo Poet In Residence Lois Red Elk shares two works about how a great nation and a beloved elder dream of bruins
Read MoreTwo Meditations On Mni Sose, Water, Mother Earth and Standing Rock
October 24, 2017 // Big Art of Nature, Water
Mountain Journal's Poet In Residence Lois Red Elk Reed Unveils A New Work Focussed On Mni Sose, The Missouri River
Read MoreLois Red Elk Writes About Ponies—And Remembers Her Horseman Father
September 20, 2017 // Big Art of Nature, Culture
Of My Father and Horses: Lois Red Elk, Mountain Journal's poet in residence, debuts a brand new poem and shares an older one from her acclaimed volume "Why I Return to Makoce"
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