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Tag Archives: First Nations Women
MALIKAH AWE:RI AND ROGER LANGEN READ THEIR POEMS FROM RESISTANCE POETRY #2
Meeting Malikah Awe:ri to tape her reading from Resistance Poetry #2 was great. I was a guest on her show with Dane Swan; we talked poems, read poems, and learned about poetry from each other. My interview with Malikah was … Continue reading
NATIVE WOMEN AND TWO-SPIRITS SPEAK OUT AGAINST VIOLENCE!!!
This week on blackcoffeepoet.com we brought attention to the Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada via an Opinion Editorial by Anishinaabe Kwe Christine Luza, a Letter by Cindy Bourgeois to her Transgender sisters asking them to care … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadas Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, First Nations Women, Helen Betty Osborne, Indigenous Feminism, Marilyn Dumont, Metis poet, Native Women Speak Out Against Violence, post colonial literature, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Resistance Poetry, Resistance Prose, Revoluntionary Prose, Revolutionary Poems, Two Spirit Poet, Violence Against Women
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INTERVIEW WITH NOAMI SAYERS: ANISHINAABE ACADEMIC, ACTIVIST, BLOGGER, AND FORMER SEX WORKER + PHOTO ESSAY OF “NO MORE SILENCE” RALLY TORONTO 2013
Naomi Sayers is an Indigenous Feminist from the Garden River First Nations, just east of Sault Ste Marie ON. Currently, she is in her third year of studies at Western University for the honors specialization in criminology program with a … Continue reading
LET US BE HUMAN: A TRANS WOMAN CALLS ON HER SISTERS TO ACT IN SUPPORT OF MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN
Let Us Be Human: A Trans Woman Calls On Her Sisters To Act In Support Of Missing And Murdered Aboriginal Women By Cindy Bourgeois Wednesday February 13, 2013 My Dear Sisters, I am writing you today in solidarity with Missing … Continue reading
OP ED: ANTI VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND RESURGENCE
Anti-Violence Against Indigenous Women and Resurgence By Christine Luza On February 14th, Anishinaabe voices will be heard clearly and loudly across Canada. When most would be settling down for a special evening with their beloveds, Indigenous women, men, Elders and allies will … Continue reading
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Tagged Anishinaabe Kwe, Anishinaabe Nation, Cherokee Feminist Andrea Smith, February 14 vigil for Native Women, Feminsim, First Nations Women, Idle No More, Indigenous Feminism, Jessica Yee, Leanne Simpson, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, Violence Against Aboriginal Women, Violence Against Women
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DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE 800+ MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA?
Canada is seen as a safe haven for many peoples. When Canada is talked of it is described as a melting pot and as the most diverse place on earth. Often, it is made to sound like a utopia. It … Continue reading
REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: A THANK YOU LETTER FROM A YOUNG CREE WOMAN
Nineteen-year old Cree woman Helen Betty Osborne was murdered by 4 white men November 13, 1971. Osborne’s death and case have been labelled a “conspiracy of silence”. We hounour Helen Betty Osborne this week on blackcoffeepoet.com via an Opinion Editorial, … Continue reading
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Tagged Colonialism, Conspiracy of Silence, Cree Nation, feminism, First Nations Women, genocide, Helen Betty Osborne, Indigenous Women, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Missing and Murdered Native Women, No More Silence, Norway House First Nation, Sisters In Spirit, TEDx, The Pas Manitoba, Violence Against Women
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REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: OP ED: “LEST WE FORGET”
Nineteen-year old Cree woman Helen Betty Osborne was murdered by 4 white men November 13, 1971. Osborne’s death and case have been labelled a “conspiracy of silence”. We hounour Helen Betty Osborne this week on blackcoffeepoet.com via an Opinion Editorial, … Continue reading
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Tagged "Lest We Forget", Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in Manitoba, Colonialism, Conspiracy of Silence, Cree Nation, feminism, First Nations Women, genocide, Helen Betty Osborne, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Missing and Murdered First Nations Women in Canada, Missing and Murdered Native Women in Canada, No More Silence, Norway House First Nation, Opinion Editorial, Patriarchy, Remembrance Day, Robyn Bourgeois, sexism, Sisters In Spirit, The Pas Manitoba, Violence Against First Nations Women, Violence Against Women
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PAUL SEESEQUASIS READS “TOBACCO WARS”
Paul Seesequasis and I met at a Toronto tea shop last winter to tape this video. Our talk focused on literature and journalism and the discipline of writing. I was amazed at Paul’s wisdom. After chatting for an hour I … Continue reading
LEANNE SIMPSON READS FROM “DANCING ON OUR TURTLE’S BACK”
After months of back and forth emails I finally got to meet Leanne Simpson and video tape her for blackcoffeepoet.com. We met at a Toronto coffee shop. Our meet and greet was short, we got to work, and it was … Continue reading
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Tagged "Dancing On Our Turtle's Back" by Leanne Simpson, Aboriginal Academia, Aboriginal Studies, Alderville First Nation, Anti Colonial writing, Black Coffee Poet, Colonial Studies, feminism, First Nations Peoples, First Nations Sovereignty, First Nations Women, http://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Studies, Leanne Simpson, Nishnaabeg culture, Nishnaabeg Land, Nishnaabekwe, racism, Turtle Island
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