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Reconciliation has become a contested buzz word filled with promises and good intentions but rarely any meaningful follow through. While Canada's history is filled with darkness, this collection of poems aims to unpack that history to clean the wounds of the infection so the nation can finally...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koyczan, Shane L., 1976- (Author)
Other Authors: Ratt, Solomon (Translator), Monkman, Kent (Illustrator), Sanchez, Joseph M., 1948- (Illustrator), Logan, Jim, 1955- (Illustrator), Kwandibens, Nadya (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Cree
Language Notes:Poems in English followed by Cree translation.
Published: [Penticton, British Columbia] : Theytus Books, Indig Lits, [2019]
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > Canada > Poetry.
Reconciliation > Political aspects > Poetry.
Indians of North America > Canada > Poetry.
Cree Indians > Poetry.
Native peoples > Canada > 21st century > Poetry.
Réconciliation > Poésie.
Indians of North America
Indigenous peoples
Reconciliation
Canada
Gnomic poetry
Poetry
Poems.
Gnomic poetry.
Poésie gnomique.
Description
Summary:Reconciliation has become a contested buzz word filled with promises and good intentions but rarely any meaningful follow through. While Canada's history is filled with darkness, this collection of poems aims to unpack that history to clean the wounds of the infection so the nation can finally heal. Powerful and thought provoking this collection will draw you in as you consider Canada's colonial legacy.
Item Description:"Artwork by Kent Monkman, Joseph M. Sánchez, Jim Logan, Nadya Kwandibens; Cree translation provided by Solomon Ratt"--Page 4 of cover.
List of works and biographies follow page 48.
Physical Description:48 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:9781926886510
1926886518