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Canadian literature -- First Nations authors
Canadian literature -- Manitoba.
First Nations -- Manitoba -- Literary collections.
Canadian literature -- 21st century.
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Manitowapow : Aboriginal writings from the land of water / Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair and Warren Cariou, editors ; foreword by Beatrice Mosionier.
HighWater Press, c2011.
Call #:
819.1 M278
Subjects
Canadian
literature
--
First Nations authors
Canadian
literature
--
Manitoba
.
First Nations
--
Manitoba
--
Literary collections.
Canadian
literature
--
21st century.
Series
Debwe series.
ISBN:
9781553793076 (pbk.)
1553793072 (pbk.)
Description:
xx, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Text in English and some Cree.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
This anthology of Aboriginal writings from
Manitoba
takes readers back through the millennia and forward to the present day. Manitowapow is a rich collection of more than 125 works of stories, poetry, nonfiction, and speeches featuring some of Canada's best-known writers and luminaries as well as local storytellers from far-reaching
Manitoba
communities.
Historical writings, from important figures such as Louis Riel, Gabriel Dumont, and Chief Peguis, to newly discovered pieces from lessor known but compelling storytellers, such as Kuskapatchees; Literary writing by eminent Aboriginal writers, such as Tomson Highway, Beatrice Mosionier, Duncan Mercredi, Rosanna Deerchild; Nonfiction and political writing from contemporary Aboriginal leaders such as Phil Fontaine, David Courchene, and Justice Murray Sinclair; Anishinaabe, Cree, Dene, Inuit, Metis, and Sioux writers from
Manitoba
.
Other authors:
Cariou, Warren, 1966-
Sinclair, Niigaanwewidam James
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