{"id":550233,"date":"2026-05-28T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=550233"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:24:21","slug":"native-america-calling-exploring-home-culture-and-personal-resolve-with-writers-joan-kane-and-sherman-funmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/28\/native-america-calling-exploring-home-culture-and-personal-resolve-with-writers-joan-kane-and-sherman-funmaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Exploring home, culture, and personal resolve with writers Joan Kane and Sherman Funmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Thursday, May 28, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">\r\nExploring home, culture, and personal resolve with writers Joan Kane and Sherman Funmaker\r\n<\/div>\r\nI\u00f1upiaq poet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejoankane.com\/\">Joan Kane<\/a> explores themes of home and colonial dispossession in her new poetry collection, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4fvYfZ1\">with snow pouring southward past the window<\/a>.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n Kane\u2019s poems center on I\u00f1upiaq worldviews and language, featuring masterful experimentation with form and imagery. Her critically acclaimed work has led to faculty appointments at Harvard University, Tufts University, and Reed College. She also recently edited \u201cCircumpolar Connections: Creative Indigenous Geographies of the Arctic,\u201d an anthology of Indigenous writings about the region.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHo-Chunk elder <a href=\"https:\/\/abearwritespoetry.com\/\">Sherman Funmaker<\/a> just released his debut collection of poems and essays in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RAjRJJ\">Bear Tracks: Memories of a Ho-Chunk Elder<\/a>.\u201d He navigates the culture, family, loss, and racism he experienced growing up in Wisconsin.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n Funmaker writes with both emotional depth and humor about such life-changing decisions as dropping out of high school to be a rock-and-roll drummer and finding success as a writer later in life.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=row><div class=col-6>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4fvYfZ1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2250\" data-attachment-id=\"550270\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/28\/native-america-calling-exploring-home-culture-and-personal-resolve-with-writers-joan-kane-and-sherman-funmaker\/withsnowpouringsouthwardpastthewindow\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/28\/withsnowpouringsouthwardpastthewindow.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,2250\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;with snow pouring southward past the window&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;with snow pouring southward past the window&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;a href=https:\/\/amzn.to\/4fvYfZ1&gt;with snow pouring southward past the window&lt;\/a&gt;&amp;#8221; by Joan Naviyuk Kane (&lt;a href=https:\/\/upittpress.org\/books\/9780822967668\/&gt;University of Pittsburgh Press 2026&lt;\/a&gt;)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/28\/withsnowpouringsouthwardpastthewindow.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/28\/withsnowpouringsouthwardpastthewindow.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;with snow pouring southward past the window&#039;\" class=\"size-full wp-image-550270\" \/><\/a> \r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">&#8220;<a href=https:\/\/amzn.to\/4fvYfZ1>with snow pouring southward past the window<\/a>&#8221; by Joan Naviyuk Kane (<a href=https:\/\/upittpress.org\/books\/9780822967668\/>University of Pittsburgh Press 2026<\/a>)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=col-6>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RAjRJJ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"1500\" data-attachment-id=\"550271\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/28\/native-america-calling-exploring-home-culture-and-personal-resolve-with-writers-joan-kane-and-sherman-funmaker\/beartracks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/28\/BearTracks.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"971,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Bear Tracks: Memories of a Ho-Chunk Elder&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Bear Tracks: Memories of a Ho-Chunk Elder&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;a href=https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RAjRJJ&gt;Bear Tracks: Memories of a Ho-Chunk Elder&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&amp;#8221; by Sherman Funmaker (&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.wisconsinhistory.org\/research\/our-publications\/our-books\/bear-tracks\/&gt;Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2026&lt;\/a&gt;)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/28\/BearTracks.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/28\/BearTracks.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;Bear Tracks: Memories of a Ho-Chunk Elder&#039;\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-550271\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">&#8220;<a href=https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RAjRJJ>Bear Tracks: Memories of a Ho-Chunk Elder><\/a>&#8221; by Sherman Funmaker (<a href=https:\/\/www.wisconsinhistory.org\/research\/our-publications\/our-books\/bear-tracks\/>Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2026<\/a>)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; 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