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STEFOKNEE WOLSCHT READS A POEM

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

Stefoknee Wolscht is fun to hang out with and watch in action. The documentary based on her life, Living 2 Lives/Dying 1000 Deaths, sheds much light on who Stefoknee is and where she came from. My interview with Stefoknee … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Colonialism, feminism, genocide, Mad Pride, Mental Health Phobia, Stefoknee Wolscht, Transgender, Transgender life, Transgender poet, Transgender woman, Transphobia | 1 Comment

REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: A THANK YOU LETTER FROM A YOUNG CREE WOMAN

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | 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 | 5 Comments

REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: OP ED: “LEST WE FORGET”

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

Posted in Uncategorized | 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 | 7 Comments

WAUBGESHIG RICE READS FROM “MIDNIGHT SWEATLODGE”

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

Polite, humble, and cool are three words I use to describe Waubgeshig Rice. Working with Waubgeshig to videotape him reading was easy. He was patient and funny and appreciative of my work. I enjoyed reviewing and interviewing Waubgeshig Rice about … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "Midnight Sweatlodge" by Waubgeshig Rice, Aboriginal Literature, Black Coffee Poet, Colonialism, First Nations Literature, genocide, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Native American Literature, racism, Sweatlodge Ceremony, Waubgeshig Rice, Waubgeshig Rice Reads From "Midnight Sweatlodge" | 2 Comments

NOT VANISHING

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Black Coffee Poet

Not Vanishing by Chrystos Reviewed By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I first read about Chrystos in REDWIRE Magazine. She was listed as one of the top ten Indigenous writers you have to read as an Indigenous person. I remember the photo … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged 1988, 500, 500 years, Aboriginal, activism, activist, addiction, AIM, America, American Government, American Indian, American Indian Movement, assimilation, Audre Lorde, Bag Lady, beach, Black Coffee Poet, Black women, Bones, bravery, Brothel, Brown women, Ceremony, change, Chrystos, Creator, Dear Mr. President, drugs, El Salvador, emergency, Emergency Housing, equity, Evicted, feminism, fighting, fighting for change, fighting for equal rights, fingerprints, Gay American Indians, Gay American indians March, genocide, Gloria Anzaldua, Government Peanut Butter, Great Creator, heroin, heroine, homeless, homeless shelter, Hooker, I Am Not Your Princess, I Dreamt Again Tonight of that Beach, In The Brothel Called America, Indians, Indigenous, Indigenous classic, jail, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, killing, land rights, Latina, Latina Women, Latino, lesbian, lesbian of color, lesbian of colour, lesbian poetry, lesbian warrior, lesbian writer, Medicine Wheel, Mestiza, Mestizo, metaphors, misogyny, Mother Earth, murder, Native Ceremonies, Native Ceremony, native culture, native land rights, Native poetry, Native Son, Native Spirituality, Negroes, Nicaragua, No More Metaphors, No Public Safety, Not Vanishing, of color, of colour, Oppressed, poet, poetry, poetry in translation, Portrait of Assimilation, poverty, Pow Wow, President, Princess, prison, Public Safety, Queer, queer of colour, queer women, Quuer Women, racism, rape, rape culture, red lesbian, Red Power, Red women, Redwire, Redwire Magazine, REDWIRE Top 10 Books, Richard Wright, Safety, Safety for Women, sexism, shelter, social justice, Spanish, Spanish poetry, Spanish speaking, speaking out, stopping violence against women, strong woman, strong women, There Is A Man Without Fingerprints, Thief, Third World Women, tonight, translation, Treaty, Vanishing, violence, warrior, Water, White feminism, White Girl Don't, White women, woman of color, woman of colour, woman warrior, womanism, women of color, women warriors, word power, words of resistance, writer | 7 Comments

Tag Archives: genocide

STEFOKNEE WOLSCHT READS A POEM

REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: A THANK YOU LETTER FROM A YOUNG CREE WOMAN

REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: OP ED: “LEST WE FORGET”

WAUBGESHIG RICE READS FROM “MIDNIGHT SWEATLODGE”

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