ABSTRACT
In his introduction to Speaking for the Generations: Native Writers on Writing, Simon Ortiz, Acoma Pueblo poet, writes,
Speaking for the sake of the land and the people means speaking for the inextricable relationship and interconnection between them. Land and people are interdependent. In fact they are one and the same essential matter of Existence. They cannot be separated and delineated into singular entities … [W]ithout the land there is no life, and without a responsible social and cultural outlook by humans, no life-sustaining land is possible. (xii)
