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  • 2021

Iskotew iskwew

poetry of a northern rez girl

Francine Merasty

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"This books is a poetry collection written during a period of trauma while the author was working as a Counsel to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in 2017. This book is about memories and experience growing up on the Pelican Narrows Reserve in northern Saskatchewan in the 1980s: summers spent on the land and the pain of residential school. With this collection, the author wants to teach and inform Canadians of her experiences growing up as an Indigenous woman in Saskatchewan. She believes it is important to share her stories for others to read."--Provided by publisher.

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Title Statement Iskotew iskwew: poetry of a northern rez girl / Francine Merasty.
Alternative Title(s) Poetry of a northern rez girl
Series Modern indigenous voices
Author Merasty, Francine
Publication ©2021.Markham, Ontario: BookLand Press,[2021]
Extent of Item 111 pages ;
ISBN 9781772311457 (pbk.)
1772311456 (pbk.)
Other Number 4021662
General Notes Poems.
Languages Chiefly in English, with a selection of poems in Cree.
Summary "This books is a poetry collection written during a period of trauma while the author was working as a Counsel to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in 2017. This book is about memories and experience growing up on the Pelican Narrows Reserve in northern Saskatchewan in the 1980s: summers spent on the land and the pain of residential school. With this collection, the author wants to teach and inform Canadians of her experiences growing up as an Indigenous woman in Saskatchewan. She believes it is important to share her stories for others to read."--Provided by publisher.
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By Topic Indigenous women--Poetry--Saskatchewan
Native women--Poetry--Saskatchewan
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