One Mississippi Clay Bowl is the story of Nayukpu’s courageous journey from Mississippi to Oklahoma and her attempt to keep her family together.

Touch My Tears: Tales From The Trail of Tears, edited by S.E. Sawyer; Illustrations by Leslie Stall Widener

“Touch My Tears is a milestone of fictional and historical Choctaw storytelling that exemplifies the value of Native knowledge through literary arts. This deeply moving and significant collection will hopefully generate a paradigm shift in written expression of the Native American experience.” —Keevin Lewis, Museum Programs Outreach Coordinator, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian