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At Cascadia Journal, I wrote about a cool project: Auburn poet laureate Mateo Quispe, who is Indigenous, worked with the Muckleshoot to create public poetry bookcases inspired by traditional Coast Salish canoes. "Poetry helps navigate the waters of life." www.cascadia-journal.com/coast-salish...

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Coast Salish Indigenous canoes inspire little poetry bookcases in Auburn & Muckleshoot land Mateo Quispe, who's the poet laureate of Auburn – a suburban city south of Seattle – wishes they'd had more access to Indigenous poetry growing up. Quispe spent most of their life in Auburn, and is Re... https://www.cascadia-journal.com/coast-salish-indigenous-canoes-inspire-little-poetry-bookcases-in-auburn-muckleshoot-land/