Blood Run (book)
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Blood Run is a volume of free verse
poetry
written by Allison Hedge Coke
. It was published in the UK by Salt Publications in November 2006, and was subsequently published in the US in February 2007.
The book reads as a verse-play regarding the indigenous mound city on the border of Iowa
and South Dakota
that is today referred to as the Blood Run Site
. Hedge Coke writes of the need to preserve and protect these ruins, which contain the buried remains of native people
.
for Blood Run in 2007.
Free verse
Free verse is a form of poetry that refrains from consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern.Poets have explained that free verse, despite its freedom, is not free. Free Verse displays some elements of form...
poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
written by Allison Hedge Coke
Allison Hedge Coke
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke is an American Book Award-winning American/Canadian poet of mixed Wendat/Huron/Metis/Tsalagi/ Creek/French Canadian/Portuguese/Irish/Scot/English ancestry.-Background:...
. It was published in the UK by Salt Publications in November 2006, and was subsequently published in the US in February 2007.
The book reads as a verse-play regarding the indigenous mound city on the border of Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
and South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
that is today referred to as the Blood Run Site
Blood Run Site
The Blood Run Site is an archaeological site on the border of the US states of Iowa and South Dakota. The site was essentially populated for 8,500 years, within which earthworks structures were built by the Oneota Culture and occupied descendant tribes such as the Ioway, Otoe, Missouri, and shared...
. Hedge Coke writes of the need to preserve and protect these ruins, which contain the buried remains of native people
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
.
Awards
Hedge Coke won the Writer of the Year award from the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and StorytellersNative Writers' Circle of the Americas
The Native Writers' Circle of the Americas is an organization of Native American writers, most notable for its literary awards, presented annually to Native American writers in three categories: First Book of Poetry, First Book of Prose, and Lifetime Achievement...
for Blood Run in 2007.