For Menlo
By Skyros Bruce/Mahara Allbrett, b.1950, Sleil Waututh (Burrard Inlet, B.C.) that day i told youthat the scarson my wrist were fromwhen i was a birdthat …
The Uniform of the Dispossessed
By Emma LaRocque, b.1949, Métis/Canada. Sometimes I forgetso I buy soft thingssurround my hard-won worldwith syntheticspastelscushionsand Zamfir. Sometimes I forgetso I go to theatresurround my …
Seven men on the rock upon the house
By Marion Sarain Stump, 1945-1974, Cree/Shoshone/Salish, U.S./Canada. Seven men on the rock upon the houseThe deadman’s head is laughingAt my mistakesA lazy flyin’ of crows …
Joan Crate reads I am a Prophet from Pale as Real Ladies: Poems for Pauline Johnson
By Joan Crate, Metis/Canada, uploaded by Brick Books Feb 19, 2013.
A Map To The Next World
By Joy Harjo, 2002, Muscogee/U.S. for Desiray Kierra Chee In the last days of the fourth world I wished to make a map forthose who …
On Seeing a Photograph of My Mother at St. Joseph Residential School for Girls
By David Groulx, 2015, Ojibwe / Canada. A black and white picture The sun is shining through a window behind you Your hair black short …
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when i think of mama in residential school
By Rosanna Deerchild, 2015, Cree Canadian. Translated by Solomon Ratt (th-dialect). Source: Cree Literacy Network, https://creeliteracy.org/2016/05/06/rosanna-deerchild-translated-by-solomon-ratt-th-dialect-with-audio/ when i think of mama in residential school i …
I Lost My Talk
By Rita Joe, 1932-2007, Mi’kmaq. I lost my talkThe talk you took away.When I was a little girlAt Shubenacadie school. You snatched it away:I speak …