Oglala poet and advocate Layli Long Soldier. Layli Long Soldier , and enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Nation, poet, writer, feminist, artist, and activist reflected in a very personal way the gulf of understanding between the experiences and lives between Native peoples and even the most would-be White sympathizers in her acclaimed poem Whereas . It’s a hard lesson for even the most self-proclaimed White to understand. Long Soldier grew up in the four corners region of the Southwest, where she continues to live and to advocate against the continued, systematic oppression of indigenous populations. She graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts in in Santa Fe, New Mexico with a B.A. in Fine Arts, and went on to earn...