The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket children land allotment and Native tribal

land allotment and Native tribal reorganization

to build other kinds of beautiful lives

Angelique Renville lived her adult years on her own terms

they are rebuilding their nations according to their own diverse and often innovative designs

These darkly humorous poems illuminate far corners of the heart

The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket children land allotment and Native tribalThe Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket traverses the Southwest landscape, exploring intricate relationships between Native peoples and the natural world, land, pop culture, twentieth century music, and multi generational representations. Oscillating between musical influences, including the repercussions of ethnomusicology, and the present past future, the collection rewrites and rerights what it means to be Indigenous, queer, and even formerly emo in the