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Ndè sìì wet'aà : northern Indigenous voices on land, life, and art  Cover Image Book Book

Ndè sìì wet'aà : northern Indigenous voices on land, life, and art / edited by Kyla LeSage, Thumlee Drybones-Foliot, & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.

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"Ndè Sı̀ı̀ Wet'aà: Northern Indigenous Voices on Land, Life & Art is a collection of essays, interviews, short stories and poetry written by emerging and established northern Indigenous writers and artists. Centred on land, cultural practice and northern life, this ground-breaking collection shares wealth of Dene (Gwich'in, Sahtú, Dehcho, Tłı̨chǫ, Saysi, Kaska, Dënesųłiné, Wıìlıìdeh) Inuit, Alutiiq, Inuvialuit, Métis, Nêhiyawak (Cree), Northern Tutchone, and Tanana Athabascan creative brilliance. Ndè Sı̀ı̀ Wet'aà holds up the voices of women and Two Spirit and Queer writers to create a chorus of voices reflecting a deep love of Indigenous cultures, languages, homelands and the north. The book includes a series of pieces and interviews from established northern artists and musicians including Leela Gilday, Randy Baillargeon (lead singer for the Wıìlıìdeh Drummers), Inuit sisters, song-writers and throat singers Tiffany Ayalik and Inuksuk Mackay of Piqsiq, Two Spirit Vuntut Gwitchin visual artist Jeneen Frei Njootli, Nunavik singer-songwriters Elisapie and Beatrice Deere and visual artist Camille Georgeson-Usher. Ndè Sı̀ı̀ Wet'aà also includes writing from well-known northern writers Siku Allooloo, T'áncháy Redvers (Fireweed), Antione Mountain (From Bear Rock Mountain), Glen Coulthard (Red Skin, White Masks), Katłįà Lafferty (Northern Wildflower, Land-Water-Sky and Lianne Marie Leda Charlie, in amongst the best emerging writers in the north."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781927886625
  • ISBN: 1927886627
  • Physical Description: 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Yellowknife, NWT : Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning ; [2022]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Indigenous authors > Canada, Northern > Interviews.
Indigenous peoples > Canada, Northern > Interviews.
Indigenous peoples > Canada, Northern.
Indigenous peoples > Canada, Northern > Social life and customs.
Indigenous literature (English) > Canada, Northern.
Indigenous artists > Canada, Northern > Interviews.
Écrivains autochtones > Canada (Nord) > Entretiens.
Genre: Interview
Literature.
Interviews.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at University College of the North Libraries.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
The Pas Campus Library PS 8235 .I6 N34 2022 (Text) 58500000809574 Stacks Volume hold Available -


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