Marvin Gutierez, Marcie Saldana, Brittney Conner, Eddie Garcia, Johnny Lowe, Negwes White and Ashleigh Wolsord represent the Native Lynx organization team. This piece was recorded as part of the 2005 collection of Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Festival and Competition studio recordings, presented by Chicago Public Radio. The station invited competition finalists from this nationally-renowned teen poetry slam in-studio to record their work. Louder Than a Bomb is hosted by Young Chicago Authors; for more information about the competition visit: http://www.youngchicagoauthors.org/.