Status
Available
Call number
Call number
821 S64 2023
Collection
Description
A brilliant collection weaving history, personal experience, and Indigenous resilience Spells, Wishes, and the Talking Dead: ᒪᒪᐦᑖᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑯᓭᔨᒧᐤ ᓂᑭᐦᒋ ᐋᓂᐢᑯᑖᐹᐣ mamahtâwisiwin, pakosêyimow, nikihci-âniskotâpân is a wonder. With inspiring defiance, John-Kehewin plays with form, space, and language, demonstrating which magics cannot be suppressed. Here is an unflinching look at colonialism's sickening trail: its ongoingdetriment to the safety and mental health of Indigenous people, its theft of language, and its intergenerational harms. But here also is the unrelenting power of resistance, and the great strength in truth. Wanda John-Kehewin "stands in her truth" so that other survivors may stand in theirs.… (more)
Genres
Publication
Talonbooks (2023), 120 pages
Original language
English
Language
ISBN
1772015121 / 9781772015126