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Skryos Bruce/Mahara Allbrett

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 …

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The Uniform of the Dispossessed

Canada, Emma LaRocque, Metis

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 …

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Seven men on the rock upon the house

daily poem, Sarain Stump, U.S.

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 …

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Joan Crate reads I am a Prophet from Pale as Real Ladies: Poems for Pauline Johnson

Canada, daily poem, Joan Crate, Metis

By Joan Crate, Metis/Canada, uploaded by Brick Books Feb 19, 2013.

A Map To The Next World

daily poem, Joy Harjo, Muscogee

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 …

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On Seeing a Photograph of My Mother at St. Joseph Residential School for Girls

Canada, daily poem, David Groulx, Ojibwe / 1 Comment

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

Canada, Cree, daily poem, Rosanna Deerchild / 2 Comments

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 …

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I Lost My Talk

daily poem, Mi'kmaq, Rita Joe

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 …

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