Cekpa: A Memoir in Beaded Essays oral history In Davis's story

In Davis's story

A brilliant exploration embodied wholeness as a pathway to our collective liberation

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Cekpa: A Memoir in Beaded Essays oral history In Davis's storyFor Leah Altman, growing up as an adoptee outside of her culture meant growing up without her cekpa, the Lakota connection to family and homeland. Now an adult, Leah departs her life in Portland, Oregon, to seek out her birth family and reconnect to her heritage each chapter of her journey a bead in this literary cekpa crafted for her own children. Born "Baby Girl Blackfeather," Leah Altman was separated from her birth family through placement by the