"Waniskatota ka pe wapahk", a Cree translation of "Rising with a Distant Dawn", is a powerful poetry collection that stretches across boundaries to give a voice to the lives and experiences of ordinary Indigenous people. The poems embrace anguish, pride, and hope. They come from the woodlands and the plains; they speak of love, of war, and of the known and the mysterious; they strike with wisdom, joy, and sadness, bringing us closer than ever before to the heart of urban Indigenous life.