It's to the best of our knowledge from PRX.

I'm Anne Strange Champs and today we're celebrating new voices in Native American literature.

Bekut, Banzu, Ujra, Bentico, Dana, Eslan.

I write because the only thing I want to leave in this world is my stories.

My name is Amy White and I write to say the hard things that need to be

said and heard for all of us to heal. My name is Blue Tarpalichi. I'm Muskogee Creek from Oak

Mowke, Oklahoma. And I write to continue the 400 year tradition of Creek's writing. My name is Sharon

Henderson. I'm from the Dene Nation.

I write to heal, to be an example for my daughter to never be afraid of her own voice.

There's a new generation of native writers, fierce, original, fresh, and they're

reshaping the landscape of American fiction. Join us and learn their names.

It's to the best of our knowledge. I'm Anne Strangeamps.

Every so often, a new literary movement coalesces.

A new generation of writers finds a voice.

What's happening again, and this time, they're young, gifted, and native.

Noelani Kwanseh A Iishan Nuksaak,

kha'i is Stalo.

My name is Nualani.

I am Nukzak and Shohai of the Stalo Nation.

I write for our stories that have been historically silenced.

My name is Lisa Luella Tiger. My name is Douglas Boots. My name is Lisa Luella Tiger.

My name is Douglas Boots.

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