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• Where the Sea Kuniks the Land

  a Collection of Poetry

  Qilavaq-Savard, Ashley

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  A "kunik" is a traditional Inuit greeting and gesture of love. These poems celebrate the connection of land and people, of previous and present generations.

• The Salmon Shanties

  a Cascadian Song Cycle

  Rhenisch, Harold, 1958-

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  Experiences of land and water in the Pacific Northwest, in English and Chinook Wawa, are expressed in this collection of songs.

• Whitemud Walking

  Weigel, Matthew James

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  This striking collection uses poetry, form and visuals to understand Indigenous land, colonial history, and the meaning of treaty.

• Blackbird Song

  Lundy, Randy, 1967-

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  Love for the Creator, ancestors, and the land come through in this collection of spare but moving poems.

• Seeds Are for Sharing

  Reclaiming Spirit

  Smoke, Dawn

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  Ojibway and Mohawk elder Dawn Smoke uses story and poetry to tell her story of pain, healing, and resilience in her journey from being scooped from her birth family to reclaiming her roots and becoming a protector of Mother Earth.

• Procession

  Vermette, Katherena, 1977-

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  A procession: a line of people moving together, in ceremony or genialogy. These poems explore prairie life, lineage, and being an artist and future ancestor.

• A Bow Forged From Ash

  Powless Day, Melissa

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  An exploration of the author's journey of reconnection with her Anishinaabe and Kanien’kehá:ka communities and with the land, after growing up away from her culture.

• Lunar Tides

  Webb-Campbell, Shannon, 1983-

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  Written from a mixed Mi’kmaq/settler perspective after the loss of her mother, Shannon Webb-Campbell expresses the tidal nature of grief and memory.

• Iskotew Iskwew

  Poetry of a Northern Rez Girl

  Merasty, Francine

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  The nêhiyawêwin (Cree language) words for fire and woman (which derives from fire) form the title of this book of poems about the author's experiences growing up in Northern Saskatchewan, both living on the land and at residential school.

• Kiyâm

  Poems

  McIlwraith, Naomi L. (Naomi Lynne), 1963-

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  kiyâm, an expression of calm acceptance in nêhiyawêwin (Cree language), honours the intersection between the diverse cultures and stories that make up the writer's heritage and spiritual world, and a yearning for peace and love.

• Poets Re-imagine Canada

  a Primer for a Land Beyond Acknowledgements

  Stroll of Poets Society

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  Edmonton's Stroll of Poets Society explores ways to make land acknowledgments meaningful, by understanding difficult truths and truly working towards reconciliation.

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