Imogen Arate with Margaret Noodin

Poets and Muses: We chat with poets about their inspirations

This week, Margaret (https://ojibwe.net/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Naabibii'aan Agoodeg / Tracing Balance" and "Balance," and finding equilibrium. Read Margaret's poem at: https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/what-chickadee-knows Other ways of following Margaret: 1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ojibwe_net/ 2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/OjibweNet Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of July 26th. Photo of Margaret Noodin by Jens Zorn. Links to the topics we touched on: 1. History of boarding schools in the U.S.: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/a-century-of-trauma-at-boarding-schools-for-native-american-children-in-the-united-states and https://apnews.com/article/canada-government-and-politics-education-e9440169fde104df6fad6e0ba7128b0e 2. Native American Languages Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/2167 3. Anishinaabemowin-English language dictionary: https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/about 4. Influence of Indigenous governance on American democracy: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Iroquois-Confederacy #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #MargaretNoodin #NaabibiiAanAgoodeg #TracingBalance #Balance #equilibrium #UniversityofWisconsinMilwaukee #AnishinaabemowinLanguageTeacher #MFA #LanguageoftheGreatLakesArea #FromMinnesota #wrotpoetrysincechildhood #parentswereteachers #workedinmarketingandfinance #MichaelWilson #KimberlyBlazer #LearnedAnishinaabemowininCollege #BoardingSchools #missionaries #assimilation #NativeLanguagesActof1990 #PhysicalGenocide #CulturalGenocide #nongenderedthirdpersonpronoun #omnigender #Writingpoetrytorecenter #spurredbytheexhaustionofbeinginhighered #exhaustionfrombeingasolerepresentativeofavastculture #injustice #worldisoffkilter #timeandpatience #WayneStateUniversityPress