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Author: Lois Red Elk

Lois Red Elk-Reed is a poet who calls the high plains home. She is Yellowstonian’s poet in residence. She lives on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. Red Elk is working on a new volume of poetry and other observations. The name of her column— inyan zi—means “yellow stone” in Lakota.

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Poet Lois Red Elk Returns Musing About Pte Hu Gashay—Buffalo Leg Trippers

As the Dakota/Lakota poet and essayist reminds, “medicine” isn’t only a word that serves as a remedy for what ails us; it is nourishment and sustenance for keeping us healthy and connected to a healthy land

Lois Red Elk April 24, 2025

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When A Ghost Seeks Forgiveness

Lois Red Elk shares a free-verse poem, one of our favorites, about a 19th-century Cavalry solider trying to find peace at old Fort Union

Lois Red Elk June 7, 2024

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A Prairie Chorus: The Sweet Return Of SdoSdoNa

Lois Red Elk shares a poem about meadowlarks—a bird she believes can sing in Lakota and Dakota

Lois Red Elk May 20, 2024

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Lois Red Elk Dreams Of Buffalo

Lakota/Dakota Poet and Elder Shares A New Rumination On A Western Icon

Lois Red Elk April 15, 2024

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