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Author Halfe, Louise Bernice.

Title Sôhkêyihta : the Poetry of Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe.

Publication Info. Waterloo, ON : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource (117 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Laurier Poetry Ser. ; v. 28
Laurier Poetry Ser.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Table of contents; Foreword, Brian Henderson and Neil Besner; Biographical Note; Introduction, David Gaertner; From Bear Bones & Feathers; Crying for Voice; The Residential School Bus; Thieves; Returning; der poop; Pâhkahkos; Nôhkom, Medicine Bear; Body Politics; Valentine Dialogue; From Blue Marrow; pawâkan; I sit by the window; nôhkom âtayôhkan; Forgive me father; kayâs-âcimowin nôtokwêsiw wîhtam; Born in a Dent Grandmudder; Keeper of the Stories; Ram Woman; From The Crooked Good; Listen: To the Story; ê-kwêskît -- Turn-Around Woman; The Tracker.
Everyday Is a StoryExcavating; Horse Liniment and the Boys; White Island; In The Darkness of the Rolling Head; From ARC Poetry Magazine; Antelope Canyon, Arizona; From Burning in This Midnight Dream; Dedication to the Seventh Generation; Burning in This Midnight Dream; The Reserve Went Silent; Con Game; His Name Was Boy; Sentinels; misasiniy -- large rock; ospwâkan -- the pipe; The Quandry; From The Malahat Review; "it was a pure"; God of nightmares; Afterword, Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe; Cree Glossary; Acknowledgements.
Summary Sohkeyihta includes poems written across the expanse of Louise Bernice Halfe's career, from 1990 to the present, illustrating the breadth of her engagement with key issues confronted by Indigenous peoples living in Canada, including residential schools, church and state apologies, the fur trade, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Subject Cree Indians -- Poetry.
Cree Indians -- Poetry.
Cree Indians.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Poetry.
Poetry.
Added Author Gaertner, David.
Other Form: Print version: Halfe, Louise Bernice. Sôhkêyihta. Waterloo, ON : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2018 9781771123501
ISBN 9781771123501 (electronic book)
1771123508
9781771123518
1771123516
9781771123495 (softcover)