T̄aƞyaƞ yahi! (welcome)
Hau mit̄ak̄uyep̄i- Robert Bordeaux emaċiyap̄i yelo. Siċaƞġu Lak̇ot̄a Oyat̄e emataƞhaƞ na lehaƞl Hoċaṗe Oṫuƞwahe el wati. Ċaƞt̄e Waṡt̄e Nap̄e Ċiyuzap̄e yelo.
Hello relatives- My name is Robert Bordeaux. I descend from the Siċaƞġu Lak̇ot̄a Oyat̄e and currently live in Spearfish, South Dakota. I greet you all with a good heart.
Robert Harold Bordeaux is a Siċaƞġu Lak̇ot̄a descendant and writer and activist from Spearfish, South Dakota. His previously published work include Lovely Seeds (Central Avenue Publishing), Quiet Remnants (self-published), a short story included in the anthology Disconnected (Central Avenue Publishing) and multiple poems included in Pasque Petals (South Dakota State Poetry Society). His latest collection of poems, Prairie Bones (Wiyounkihipi Productions), is out now!
Prairie Bones out now!
Prairie Bones is a collection of poems about reconnecting with Lak̇ot̄a kin, culture, and learning what it means to stand alongside all the relatives of this land to fight for a better future. Author Robert Harold Bordeaux grew up disconnected from his Lak̇ot̄a family, a disconnection caused by the continued effects of the colonial systems implemented since European contact on Turtle Island. After many years of trying to find his way home, Bordeaux connected with his father’s family and Siċaƞġu Lak̇ot̄a Oyat̄e on the Rosebud Reservation. Prairie Bones offers small glimpses of this journey as Bordeaux pieces together connection and relationship with ancestors, land, himself, all our relatives.
