Open AccessBorderland (poem)
Author(s) -
Patricia LeBon-Herb
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
borders in globalization review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-9913
DOI - 10.18357/bigr12202019479
Subject(s) - tribe , poetry , herb , ethnology , geography , history , genealogy , anthropology , sociology , art , traditional medicine , medicine , literature , medicinal herbs
The poem ‘Borderland’ is inspired by more than 24,000 miles of fieldwork that Patricia LeBon Herb conducted in the borderlands between the US and Canada together with her partner Guntram Herb. Their work seeks to document the challenges of native nations divided the US-Canada border (www.border-rites.org). Patricia is an enrolled member of the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.