MoMA welcomes Indigenous Nations Poets (In-Na-Po), a collective committed to mentoring emerging writers, nurturing the growth of Indigenous poetic practices, and raising the visibility of all Native writers past, present, and future. In-Na-Po’s work recognizes the role of poetry in sustaining tribal sovereign nations and Native languages.

Poets Luci Tapahonso (Diné) and Annie Wenstrup (Dena’ina) join filmmaker and poet Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) to share creative work and explore ways spirit lines inspire or weave through their practice. The conversation will be moderated by poet and Indigenous Nations Poets founding director Dr. Kimberly Blaeser (Anishinaabe).

This event is part of the 2025 Indigenous Nations Poets’ mentoring retreat, which brings together younger poetic voices with poet mentors. This year’s retreat theme, Spirit Lines and Visual Poetics, considers the many ways Indigenous poetics allude to and embody spiritual knowledge and traditions, and the visual experimentations poets employ to break the bounds of text.