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(Re)generation : the poetry of Katerie Akewenzie-Damm / selected with an introduction by Dallas Hunt and an afterword by Katerie Akewenzie-Damm.

Akewenzie-Damm, Katerie, 1965- (author.). Hunt, Dallas, 1987- (editor,, writer of introduction.).

Summary:

"(Re)Generation contains selected poetry by Anishinaabe writer Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm that deals with a range of issues: from violence against Indigenous women and lands to Indigenous erotica and the joyous intimate encounters between bodies. Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm's influence on the field of Indigenous literature cannot be overstated. Her creative work is formative, and she is responsible for the release of other influential works in the field of Indigenous literary studies through her publishing house, Kegedonce Press. Akiwenzie-Damm is proof positive that if Indigenous peoples are going to resist the violent processes of ongoing colonialism, then they're going to have to do it together. Akiwenzie-Damm's afterword speaks to the relations and obligations Indigenous peoples have to one another and their other-than-human kin, as she reflects on the resilient work that Indigenous creative work has done and continues to do in spite of colonial violence. Her afterword stakes a claim for the necessity of poetry in the face of ongoing colonialism, not only in the present but in the future and for the generations to come. The introduction by Dallas Hunt locates Akiwenzie-Damm within the field of Indigenous literature and meditates on her influence on the field of Indigenous erotica. Akiwenzie-Damm writes in service of Indigenous love, intimacy, and joy, and speaks with an unwavering voice, one that, to paraphrase Akiwenzie-Damm herself, "shakes the earth.""-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781771124713
  • ISBN: 1771124717
  • Physical Description: xx, 70 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2021]

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General Note:
"Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm is a member of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, on the Saugeen Peninsula in Ontario." -- Back cover.
"Dallas Hunt is Cree and a member of Wapsewsipi (Swan River First Nation) in Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta." -- Back cover.
Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword / Tanis MacDonald -- Biographical note -- Introduction / Dallas Hunt -- From Without Reservation -- From standing ground -- From Canadian Literature -- From Trout 8 -- From Bloodriver Woman -- From my heart is a stray bullet -- From A Constellation of Bones -- Previously Unpublished -- Afterword / Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm --Glossary of Māori Terms -- Acknowledgements.
Subject: Canadian poetry > 21st century.
Indigenous Peoples.

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Foreword vii
Tanis MacDonald
Biographical Note ix
Introduction: Dallas Hunt xi
From Without Reservation
Fish head soup
1(1)
A sweet taste of plum
2(1)
Love letter, not sent
3(1)
From standing ground
This earth a burial ground
4(2)
Native sexuality 101
6(1)
A song the bones sing
7(1)
My wild horses
8(2)
Dry Season
10(1)
The Feast
11(1)
Slash n burn
12(2)
From Canadian Literature
Driving to santa fe
14(2)
From Trout 8
Fishing lines
16(3)
Waabigonii Giizis
19(1)
From Bloodriver Woman
When I thought blood was the voice in my head
20(1)
Vision
21(2)
Frozen breath and knife blades
23(1)
Penance for the dead
24(1)
Last rites
25(1)
From my heart is a stray bullet
Sturgeon
26(1)
To you who would wage war against me
27(2)
Stray bullets (oka re/vision)
29(1)
I lose track of the land
30(1)
Names
31(1)
My Grandmothers
32(2)
The book you left: In memory
34(2)
River Song
36(1)
Desire
37(1)
I will be
38(1)
Lovers' psalm
39(1)
The resurrection of desire
40(1)
Alternatives: One two three
41(2)
Poem without end #3
43(2)
Kegedonce
45(1)
From Turtle Island to Aotearoa
46(4)
From A Constellation of Bones
Coming Together
50(1)
Unison
51(2)
Across the Universe
53(3)
Previously Unpublished
Boil water advisory
56(1)
Telling story
57(1)
Zombies
58(3)
Afterword: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm 61(6)
Glossary of Maori Terms 67(2)
Acknowledgements 69


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