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Calling down the sky / Rosanna Deerchild.

Deerchild, Rosanna (author.).

Summary:

"Calling Down the Sky" is a poetry collection that describes deep personal experiences and post generational effects of the Canadian Aboriginal Residential School confinements in the 1950's when thousands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools against their parents' wishes. Many were forbidden to speak their language and practice their own culture. The author portrays how the ongoing impact of the residential schools problem has been felt throughout generations and has contributed to social problems that continue to exist today.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781772310054 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 80 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Markham, Ontario : BookLand Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Poems.
Formatted Contents Note:
Mama's testament: truth and reconciliation -- Two braids -- Mama loves country -- Confession -- Things I know about my mother as a child -- Mama leaves -- The first time -- Blanket -- The second time -- Over tea -- Mama's voice -- What is carried -- On the first day -- Number 105 -- Sister Rose -- Feast -- Bread crumbs -- Runaway -- Windows -- The silent -- In confession -- Calling down the sky -- Nīhithawan -- Rosary -- The last supper -- Hidden traps -- Trapland -- What is passed -- The faceless woman -- Jukebox -- Guy Hill: August 4, 2012 -- Guy Hill: the returning of souls -- Memorials -- Things I know about my mother as an adult -- When I think of mama in residential school -- A gift of memories -- Naming ceremony -- Mama's name
Subject: Native peoples in literature.
Native peoples > Canada > Poetry.
Indigenous peoples > Canada > Poetry.
Authors, Canadian (Indigenous)

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kitimat Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Kitimat Public Library 811 Dee (Text) 32665002166645 Non-fiction Volume hold Available -


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