î-nitotamahk kîsik
2017
Book
î-nitotamahk kîsik is a poetry collection in Cree that describes deep personal experiences and post-generational effects of the Canadian Aboriginal residential school confinements in the 1960's when thousands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools against their parents' wishes. Many were forbidden to speak their language and practice their own culture. Rosanna Deerchild exposes how the residential schools systematically undermined Aboriginal culture across Canada and disrupted families for generations, severing the ties through which Aboriginal culture is taught and sustained, and contributing to a general loss of language and culture. The devastating effects of the residential schools are far-reaching and continue to have significant impact on Aboriginal communities.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781772310504
Edition: Cree edition.
Description: 80 pages ; 22 cm.
Other Title: Calling down the sky
Notes:
- Indigenous voices.
- English edition published in 2015.
- Translation of: Calling down the sky.
- Canadiana.
- Text in Cree.
Control Number: 2234184
Publisher: Toronto, Canada : BookLand Press, 2017.Series:
Subjects:
- Canadian poetry -- 21st century.
- Canadian poetry -- Indigenous authors -- 21st century.
- Canadian poetry -- Women authors -- 21st century.
- Cree Language -- Poetry.
- Cree poetry -- Canada.
- Generational trauma -- Poetry.
- Indigenous children -- Abuse of -- Poetry.
- Indigenous peoples -- Residential schools -- Poetry
- Inuit -- Residential schools -- Poetry
- Metis -- Residential schools -- Poetry
- Michif -- Residential schools -- Poetry
Genre: Poetry.
Other Authors: