Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's Hidatsa to start a new day

to start a new day in the right way

and other spaces both ecological and spiritual

and a twisting

Countless generations have survived

We need Scott Momaday's calm

Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's Hidatsa to start a new dayWhy is there no Native woman David Sedaris? Or Native Anne Lamott? Humor categories in publishing are packed with books by funny women and humorous sociocultural political commentarybut no Native women. There are presumably more important concerns in Indian Country. More important than humor? Among the Din Navajo, a ceremony is held in honor of a baby's first laugh. While the context is different, it nonetheless reminds us that laughter is precious,