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Tag Archives: First Nations Peoples
READING AT SPINLAW 2013: SPREADING THE ROOTS AND REACH OF THE LIVING TREE
Reading at SPINLAW 2013: Spreading the Roots and Reach of the Living Tree By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Early this year I was commissioned to write a poem for the SPINLAW conference, 30 Years Under the Living Tree: Reflections on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Commissioned Poet, Decolonization, decolonization literature, First Nations Peoples, How To Write A Poem, Human Rights, Idle No More, Indidgenous Solidarity, Indigenous Feminism, Missing and Murdered Abor, Osgoode Hall, poetry, post colonial literature, racism, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Resistance Poetry, Resistance Prose, SPINLAW 2013, Transphobia, Violence Against Women
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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, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Studies, Leanne Simpson, Nishnaabeg culture, Nishnaabeg Land, Nishnaabekwe, racism, Turtle Island
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HONOURING AND REMEMBERING INDIGENOUS WOMEN: INTERVIEW WITH BRIDGET TOLLEY OF “FAMILIES OF SISTERS IN SPIRIT” + PHOTO ESSAY OF THE FEBRUARY 14TH 2012 RALLY AND FEAST (TORONTO) FOR MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA
Bridget Tolley is Algonquin from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg in Quebec, Canada. Her mother Gladys Tolley was struck and killed by a police car in October 2001. Bridget is a committed activist in the family-led movement to end violence and … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Days of Justice, 600 Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, AIDS Committee Ottawa, Beverly Jacobs, Black Coffee Poet, Bridget Tolley, Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime, Carleton University, Evidence To Action, Families of Sisters In Spirit, First Nations Peoples, First Nations Women, Gladys Tolley, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, Kristen Gilchrist, Missing and Murdered Aborginal Women, Missing and Murdered Native Women in Canada, Native Men's Residence, Native Women's Association of Canada, Native Youth Sexual Health Network, No More Silence, No More Silence February 14th Rally, OPIRG, Ottawa Coalition to End Violence, Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women, Prostitutes of Ottawa-Gatineau Work Educate Resist, Sagatay, Sisters in Spirit loses funding, Stolen Sisters, University of Ottawa Women Resource Centre, Wanda Whitebird
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