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This is a small northern town

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    J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing, 2008

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  • Author: Deerchild, Rosanna
    Date:
    Created
    2008
    Summary:

    These are poems about what it means to be from the north ; a town divided along colour lines ; and a family dealing with its history of secrets. At it's core, this collection is about the life of a Cree girl and the places she finds comfort and escape .... Rosanna Deerchild is Cree from South Indian Lake, Manitoba.

    Contents:
    • How to hunt moose
    • Wedding portrait
    • Paper indians
    • This is a small northern town
    • Winter festival
    • The trapline
    • Indian bay
    • Rain
    • Hero
    • Static
    • Mama making moccasins
    • One man's garbage
    • Wild-girl
    • Forbidden to go barefoot blues
    • Hiding in the dark
    • Crazy horse is a girl
    • First testament (or jesus had an indian sister)
    • Candy store
    • Looking for god
    • Honky-tonk song
    • Cousin comes in from the bush
    • Good boys in small northern town
    • Candy store cowboy
    • Undercurrent
    • Daddy's dragonfly
    • Upside down and backward butterflies
    • Baptism
    • Dreaming dress
    • Waiting
    • Baptisms
    • Baptism day
    • Submerge
    • Ceremony
    • Where ceremonies go
    • Blue
    • Scars
    • In my brother's letter
    • Good girls in small northern town
    • Trailer park alley
    • Lola
    • Worth
    • New river (or honky-tonk song
    • hidden verse)
    • Northern lights
    • This flight tonight.
    Genre:
    Canadian poetry, Indigenous materials
    Sujets: Canadian poetry | Cree | Cree girls
    Original Publisher: Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781897289358, 1897289359