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REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: A POEM BY MARILYN DUMONT
This week we honoured Helen Betty Osborne via an Opinion Editorial, Lest We Forget, by Cree academic Robyn Bourgeois a Thank You Letter to Helen Betty Osborne by Norway House Cree Nation resident Megan Bertasson and here we have a … 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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KEVIN IRIE READS A POEM FOR CANADIAN ARTIST TOM THOMSON
Meeting Kevin Irie was a pleasure. We chatted about poetry, books, and life. Hearing Irie read just adds to the enjoyment of flipping through the pages of his new book Viewing Tom Thomson, A Minority Report. Interviewing Irie for blackcoffeepoet.com … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN IRIE
Kevin Irie is a third-generation Japanese-Canadian. His poetry has been published across North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia, and it has been broadcast on CBC Radio. Irie is the author of five books: Viewing Tom Thomson, A Minority Report, Burning … Continue reading
VIEWING TOM THOMSON, A MINORITY REPORT
Viewing Tom Thomson, A Minority Report By Kevin Irie Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos I remember being in Guadalajara, Mexico staring at El Abrazo by Jorge Gonzalez Camarena and being in awe. Thoughts rushed into my head and later flowed … Continue reading
MONTREAL POET KATHARINE BEEMAN READS “QUIVER”
Meeting Katharine Beeman at the International Festival of Poetry of Resistance #4 in Toronto was cool. Seeing her perform was even cooler. Beeman reads with excitement and heart. She moves from side to side, raises and lowers her voice, and … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH MONTREAL POET KATHARINE BEEMAN
Katharine Beeman is a Montreal poet, translator, and activist. Beeman is the writer of the chapbooks A Swamp And Forest Inlander Meets The Sea and Direct and Devious Ways. Her poetry has been featured in many magazines and poetry anthologies. Beeman … Continue reading
A SWAMP AND FOREST INLANDER MEETS THE SEA
A Swamp And Forest Inlander Meets The Sea By Katharine Beeman Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Chapbooks are so overlooked in the publishing world. Even poets these days usually bypass the chapbook stage and go straight for the gusto: a … Continue reading
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Tagged chapbook of poems, Che, Che Guevara, Cuba, Cuban 5, Fidel Castro, Katharine Beeman, Montreal poet, Resistance Poetry
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