 At the same time, diversity is also apparent and expressed through multiple perspectives and covering a broad range of universally human experiences.In her introduction to Bone Dance, she tells us, “I have often been identified as a ‘protest poet,’ and although something in me frowns at being so neatly categorized, that is largely the truth.” A huge element of her poetry is political, which is also unsurprising knowing her involvement in AIM and other Native American movements.As she puts it, “because the political is personal” it becomes a part of the poetry, whether intentionally so or not.