▁Native ▁American ▁Studies at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Colorado at ▁Colorado ▁Spr ings . ▁From ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁G ould ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁Po et ▁La ure ate ▁of ▁Pi ke ' s ▁Pe ak . ▁She ▁published ▁ 8 ▁books . ▁These ▁books ▁range ▁from ▁collections ▁of ▁her ▁own ▁poetry , ▁chap books , ▁art ▁books ▁and ▁anth ologies ▁of ▁ess ays . ▁Her ▁poetry ▁has ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁over ▁ 6 0 ▁journ als , ▁reviews ▁and ▁anth ologies . ▁G ould ▁was ▁the ▁recip ient ▁of ▁many ▁awards ▁for ▁her ▁literary ▁achiev ements , ▁including ▁the ▁Ford ▁Dis sert ation ▁Fellow ship , ▁the ▁A stra ea ▁Foundation ▁Grant , ▁a ▁" Sp irit ▁of ▁the ▁Spr ings " ▁Award ▁from ▁the ▁City ▁of ▁Colorado ▁Spr ings , ▁and ▁from ▁Native ▁Liter atures : ▁Gener ations . ▁ ▁Th emes ▁ ▁G ould ' s ▁work ▁contains ▁them es ▁of ▁“ lo ve , ▁l onel iness , ▁long ing ▁for ▁connection , ▁family , ▁history , ▁place , ▁and ▁music ”. ▁She ▁uses ▁the ▁term ▁" Ind igen ous ▁Ass emb lage " ▁to ▁categor ize ▁race , ▁sex , ▁and ▁gender , ▁as ▁G ould ▁was ▁mixed - blo od ▁and ▁identified ▁as ▁a ▁les bian . ▁According ▁to ▁Sh anna ▁Lewis , ▁G ould ' s ▁The ▁Force ▁of ▁Gr at itude ▁features ▁the ▁res urg ence ▁of ▁traditional ▁Ind igen ous ▁identity ▁to ▁explain ▁that ▁her ▁father ▁was