papîyâhtak

Publisher's Description (Thistledown Press): Through the healing medicine of language, Rita Bouvier leads the reader into the world of the Métis and Cree to experience first hand the wisdom and generosity that she inherited in her birthright. Some of these poems are steeped in the tradition of the dramatic monologue; others are used as dialogue anchors to the rich oral traditions of First Nations people.

Author Biography (Thistledown Press): Rita Bouvier is a Métis writer and educator from Saskatchewan. Her third book of poetry, nakamowin’sa for the seasons (Thistledown Press, 2015) was the 2016 Saskatchewan Book Awards winner of the Rasmussen, Rasmussen & Charowsky Aboriginal Peoples’ Writing Award. Rita’s poetry has appeared in literary anthologies, print and online journals, musicals, and television productions, and has been translated into Spanish, German and the Cree-Michif of her home community of sakitawak, Île-à-la-Crosse, situated on the historic trading and meeting grounds of Cree and Dene people.

Resource type: Book (Fiction/Poetry)

Age recommendation: Grade 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, Post secondary

Keywords: Family, ancestors, grandmother, grandfather, daughter, identity, mother, father, nature, tree, urban, creation, create, bond, red, white, mixed ancestry, love, learn, emotion, ghost, haunt, name, medicine, heal, healing, life, living, suffer, starve, soliloquy, gift, land, landscape, cityscape, city, stranger, peace, sun, moon, order, circle, child, reflection

Year of publication: 2004

Publisher information: Thistledown Press