This is what is left of my land:
Meridian 05 Township 151N
Range 064W Section 09
Acres 40 Type 253500 PA
IA 708
Letter and numbers.
Fractions.
Undivided interest—divided
among 336 heirs.
My interest equals 0.119 acres.
My ancestor an Indian Account.
Her name was not IA 708.
She was called Tiyowaṡtewin
and her interest was
undivided.
Copyright © 2018 by Gwen Westerman. Originally published in New Poets of Native Nations (Graywolf Press, 2018). Used with the permission of the poet.