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K-Gr 3—A newborn baby's family gathers to welcome her to the world in the opening stanzas of the U.S. Poet Laureate Harjo's titular poem. Harjo ruminates on the sacred traditions that usher an Indigenous child into the world, traditions that bless the baby's birth and the life that awaits. Encircled by rainbows, family, and ancestors long gone, the girl's entrance into the world is marked by a galloping herd of wild hor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More