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Xwi7xwa Library Guide
Featured Poetry at Xwi7xwa
We are proud to house a wide array of poetry by Indigenous writers, including e-books and special-collections titles. Here are a few titles to start you on your reading journey:
it was never going to be okay by Call Number: YP S55 T93 2020ISBN: 9780889713826Publication Date: 2020A collection of poetry and prose exploring the intimacies of understanding intergenerational trauma, Indigeneity and queerness, while addressing urban Indigenous diaspora and breaking down the limitations of sexual understanding as a trans woman.
From Turtle Island to Gaza by ISBN: 1771992638Publication Date: 2019With a sure voice, Groulx, an Anishnaabe writer, artistically weaves together the experiences of Indigenous peoples in settler Canada with those of the people of Palestine, revealing a shared understanding of colonial pasts and presents.
IRL by ISBN: 9780991429868Publication Date: 2016-09-01"Composed as a long text message, rooted in the epic tradition of A.R. Ammons, ancient Kumeyaay Bird Songs, and Beyoncé's visual albums. It asks what happens to a modern, queer Indigenous person a few generations after his ancestors were alienated from their language, their religion, and their history?"
Runaway Dreams by ISBN: 9781553801290Publication Date: 2011-09-01Presents a collection of poems ranging over a broad landscape. The author also describes his life on the road when he repeatedly ran away at an early age, and the beatings he received when the authorities tried "to beat the Indian right out of me". Through it all, he offers poems of love and music, the language sensuous and tender.
The Pemmican Eaters by ISBN: 9781770412415Publication Date: 2015-04-01A picture of the Riel Resistance from one of Canada's preeminent Métis poets With a title derived from John A. Macdonald's moniker for the Métis, The Pemmican Eaters explores Marilyn Dumont's sense of history as the dynamic present.
Hope Matters by ISBN: 9781771664974Publication Date: 2019-04-24Hope Matters , written by multiple award-winner Lee Maracle, in collaboration with her daughters Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter, focuses on the journey of Indigenous people from colonial beginnings to reconciliation.
Hiraeth by ISBN: 9781771334853Publication Date: 2018-05-15Finalist for the 2019 Rasmussen, Rasmussen and Charowsky Indigenous Peoples' Writing Award Hiraeth is about women supporting and lending strength and clarity to other women so they know that moving forward is always possible-- and always necessary.
Native Poetry in Canada by ISBN: 1551112000Publication Date: 2001-01-01Native Poetry in Canada: A Contemporary Anthologyis the only collection of its kind. It brings together the poetry of many authors whose work has not previously been published in book form alongside that of critically-acclaimed poets, thus offering a record of Native cultural revival as it emerged through poetry from the 1960s to the turn of the century.
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TIP: If you limit your search to Location: X̱wi7x̱wa Library, you do not need to use keywords like "Indigenous" because our collection centres Indigenous scholarship and perspectives. You will retrieve fewer results, which means you may exclude some relevant materials, but it also means you will not have to sift through pages of results that have little to do with Indigeneity.
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Xwi7xwa Cataloguing Note: Some Aboriginal poetry at Xwi7xwa Library can be found by searching for "Poetry" as the subject heading, and selecting "First Nations House of Learning."
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Refer to Reference Sources
- Subject of "Poetry" in the Oxford Reference Online