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Kisiskâciwan : Indigenous voices from where the river flows swiftly / edited by Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber.

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University of Regina Press, 2018.

Canadian literature -- First Nations authors.

Canadian literature -- Saskatchewan.

First Nations -- Saskatchewan -- Literary collections.

Canadian literature -- 21st century.

9780889775428 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Indigenous voices from where the river flows swiftly

xxi, 446 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Preface -- Introduction -- Life Amoung the Peigans / Saukamappee (Young Man) -- An Indian Camp at the Mouth of Nelson River Hudson's Bay ; Wars between the Sioux and Saulteaux / James Settee -- CMS catechist meets Cha-wa-cis, Saulteaux Medicine Man / Charles Pratt -- Speeches at Treaty Four (Morris) / kā-kišīwē (Loud Voice) -- Speeches at Treaty Four (Morris) / atakawinin (The Gambler) -- Speeches at Treaty Four (Morris) / kamooses -- Speech at Treaty Six (Morris) ; Speech at Treaty Six (Erasmus) / mistawāsis (Big Child) -- Speeches at Treaty Six (Morris) ; Speech at Treaty Six (Erasmus) / atāhkakohp (Star Blanket) -- To the Superior-General ; Defending the Sundance ; Response to Offer of Baptism / payipwāt -- Messages from the Cree Chiefs of the Plains ; Speech at Treaty Six (Morris) / wīhkasko-kisēyin (Sweet Grass) -- To Rev. George McDougall ; Speeches at Treaty Six (Morris) ; Speech at the Council of Duck Lake ; Letter to Sergeant Martin, N.W.M.P ; Address to the Court / mistahi-maskwa (Big Bear) -- Speeches at Treaty Six Special Meeting (Morris) / kā-miyēstawēsit (Beardy) -- Speech at Treaty Six Negotiations ; Become Farmers / wāwikanihk kā-otāmahoht (Strikes Him On The Back) -- Arriving at Wood Mountain ; To the American Commissioners ; To Major Walsh / tatanka iyotake (Sitting Bull) -- The Nez Percé War / peopeo kiskiok hihih (White Bird) -- Batoche ; The Fourth Day / Gabriel Dumont -- Speeches at Treaty Six (Morris) ; Letter to Riel ; Letter to Middleton ; Address to the Court / pīhtikwahānapiwiyin (Poundmaker) -- Message to the Métis of Battleford ; Revolutionary Bill of Rights ; Palpite! ô mon esprit! ; Shudder, My Spirit ; Margaret: be fair and good ; Robert Gordon! / Louis Riel -- Council Speech ; Speech to Warriors / kā-papāmahcahkwēw (Wandering Spirit) -- Letter to Governor General / acāhkosa kā-otakohpit (Star Blanket) -- Song for Returning Warriors ; Big Bear's Last Thirst Dance ; The First Person / kā-miyo-kīsikwēw (Fine Day) -- A Winter of Hardship ; A Fight with the Sarcee ; The Sun Dance / piyēsiw-awāsis (Thunderchild) -- Sacred Stories of the Sweet Grass Cree : The Birth of Wisahketchahk and the Origin of Mankind ; Burnt-Stick / nāh-namiskwākāpaw (Louis Moosomin) -- The Shut-Eye Dancers / kā-kīsikāw-pihtukāw (Coming-Day) -- Thunderbird and Winter ; Hell-Diver ; The Foolish Maiden / kā-wīhkaskusahk (Maggie Achenam) -- Plains Cree Texts : Ancient Life. The Sun-Dance / nāh-namiskwākāpaw (Louis Moosomin) -- How Sweet-Grass Became Chief ; A Great Herd ; A Buffalo in Human Form / kā-kīsikāw-pihtukāw (Coming-Day) -- How Women Were Treated ; How the Blackfoot Killed Their Wives / kā-wīhkaskusahk (Maggie Achenam) -- The meaning of the Rain Dance / Abel Watetch -- That Fatal Day at Frog lake (No. 5) / Edward Ahenakew -- The Story of Thanadelthur / Michel Benjamin -- A Man and a Wolf / Charlie Janvier -- A Pipe of Peace ; A Bear Story / Charles Ryder ; Social Control / Peter Vandall -- The Wetiko Mother ; A Race for Life ; The Last Laugh ; Experience as a Medium / Marie Merasty -- Medicine Boy ; Legend of Qu'Appelle ; Excerpt from "I Walk in Two Worlds" / Eleanor Brass -- Lost and Found / nêhiyaw (Glecia Bear) -- Nēnapohš and the Shut-eye Dancing Ducks ; Nēnapohš Makes Red Willows / John F. Cote -- The Priest's Bear Medicine / Alice Ahenakew -- Big Snake ; Įktómi and Fox / Bertha O'Watch -- The Story of the Bear / Arsene Fontaine -- Excerpt from "Prison of Grass" / Howard Adams -- A Peson That Always Stays Alone / Annie Benonie -- The Trapper and the Snare / George Klyne -- The Sound of Dancing / Alexander Wolfe -- The Pipestem and the Making of Treaty Six / Jim Kâ-Nîpitêhtêw -- Excerpts from "The Education of Augie Merasty" / Augie Merasty -- Life on the Trapline ; Bombardier / Helen Francis -- Mink and Coyote / Herbert Walker -- Excerpt from "kinêhiyâwiwininaw nêhiyawêwin" / Freda Ahenakew -- A Lamp to Read By / Hubert Gunn -- It was to me like we had lost our childhood ; You'd be exposing yourself / Vicki Wilson -- Our Beloved Land and You / Bernelda Wheeler -- Jacob / Maria Campbell -- Now That the Buffalo's Gone ; My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying / Buffy Sainte-Marie -- Pin Cherry Morning / Gloria Mehlmann -- On Canada Day, Remember That Canada Was Built on the Treaties ; Is 125 Years Such a Long Time? ; An Indian University: Why Not? / Doug Cuthand -- The Snow Man ; The one Who Crossed ; Crowhead / Margaret Reynolds -- Blue Water ; Vacation ; Elder / Tom Jackson -- Introduction to "The Strength of Women" / Priscilla Settee -- Were You There ; For All the Settlers Who Secretly Sing / Beth Cuthand -- Excerpt from "The New Buffalo" / Blair Stonechild -- Running Dream ; bannock and oranges ; Riel is dead, and I am alive ; songs to sing ; little lemon yellow sailboat / Rita Bouvier -- As You Lie Sleeping ; Legacy of Residential Schools / SkyBlue Mary Morin -- Excerpt from "Taking Back Our Spirits" / Jo-Ann Episkenew -- Kokom's Kaddillac / Erroll Kinistino -- Crying for Voice ; Nōhkom, Medicine Bear ; Der Poop ; Excerpt from "Blue Marrow" ; tipiyawēwisīw?ownership of one's self ; āniskōstēw?connecting / Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe -- Naska ; The Search for Chief Lucky Man / John Cuthand -- Grandmother's Bay ; Buffalo Wings / Solomon Ratt -- Paul Acoose: Man Standing Above Ground / Janice Acoose -- Subtle Energy as Seen through the Eyes of Nêhiyo (Cree Person) / Joseph Naytowhow -- Joe Flyingby's Tape Recorded History / Kim Soo Goodtrack -- Excerpts from "Charlie Muskrat" / Harold Johnson -- Excerpts from "Abstract Love" / Bevann Fox -- Republic of Tricksterism / Paul Seesequasis -- Calling Badger and the Symbols of the Spirit Language / Winona Wheeler -- i have become so many mountains ; the knowing ; Berries and Ripened Poems / Connie Fife -- Excerpts from "Medicine Shows" / Yvette Nolan -- Excerpts from "Young Man Frozen" / Ernie Louttit -- Excerpts from "Inside Out" / James Tyman -- Lori / Carol Daniels -- "Master of the Dew" / Floyd Favel Starr -- Not All Halfbreed Mothers ; I've Been Told ; Women Who Forgot the Taste of Limes ; The Sewing Circle ; Gabriel's Letter / Gregory Scofield -- An Athabasca Story ; Satan Rouses his Legions on the Shores of Syncrude Tailings Pond #4 ; Louis Speaks to Gabirel Through the Ground / Warren Cariou -- deep-sleep ; Bear ; For Kohkum, Reta ; Son ; Creation Story / Randy Lundy -- Obsidian Stone Wiya / Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway -- The Halfbreed Blues ; Lift / Andrea Menard -- The Bowl Game / Jesse Archibald-Barber -- Blood Memory / Lisa Bird-Wilson -- Powerful Women, Powerful Stories / Merelda Fiddler -- Like a Scene from a Movie ; Drop a Pound on My Table, Brother ; That Picture in Black and White / Kevin Wesaquate -- Running from Existence ; Old Wood Bridge ; I Remember / Brad Bellegard (InfoRed) -- Cutarm Creek ; All Those Years of Heart (1867?1905) ; TheGift / Thomas Roussin -- sipwêtêyani: when I die ; itâpi: look ; kâ-wâpamiyin: when you see me / Mika Lafond -- love poem #98 ; love poem #58 ; love poem #7 / Tenille Campbell -- Little Red School House ; Earthly Womb / Shannon McNabb -- Permissions and Sources -- Index of Authors -- Index of Topics.

"This groundbreaking anthology from territory that is now Saskatchewan, kisiskâciwan, includes rich oral narratives from Cree, Saulteaux, Nakoda, Dakota, Dene, and Metis cultures; early writings from Cree missionaries; speeches and letters by Treaty Chiefs; stories from elders; archival discoveries; and contemporary literary works in all genres."--From publisher.

Archibald-Barber, Jesse Rae, 1972-

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