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Ndè sı̀ı̀ wet’aɂà : northern Indigenous voices on land, life, and art / edited by Kyla LeSage, Thumlee Drybones-Foliot, & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.

LeSage, Kyla, (editor.). Drybones-Foliot, Thumlee, (editor.). Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake, 1971- (editor.).

Summary:

"Ndè Sı̀ı̀ wet'aʔà: Northern Indigenous Voices on Land, Life & Art is a collection of essays, interviews, short stories and poetry written by emerging and established northern Indigenous writers and artists. Centred on land, cultural practice and northern life, this ground-breaking collection shares wealth of Dene (Gwich'in, Sahtú, Dehcho, Tłı̨chǫ, Saysi, Kaska, Dënesųłiné, Wıìlıìdeh) Inuit, Alutiiq, Inuvialuit, Métis, Nêhiyawak (Cree), Northern Tutchone, and Tanana Athabascan creative brilliance. Ndè Sı̀ı̀ Wet'aʔà holds up the voices of women and Two Spirit and Queer writers to create a chorus of voices reflecting a deep love of Indigenous cultures, languages, homelands and the north. The book includes a series of pieces and interviews from established northern artists and musicians including Leela Gilday, Randy Baillargeon (lead singer for the Wıìlıìdeh Drummers), Inuit sisters, song-writers and throat singers Tiffany Ayalik and Inuksuk Mackay of Piqsiq, Two Spirit Vuntut Gwitchin visual artist Jeneen Frei Njootli, Nunavik singer-songwriters Elisapie and Beatrice Deere and visual artist Camille Georgeson-Usher. Ndè Sı̀ı̀ Wet'aʔà also includes writing from well-known northern writers Siku Allooloo, T'áncháy Redvers (Fireweed), Antione Mountain (From Bear Rock Mountain), Glen Coulthard (Red Skin, White Masks), Katłįà Lafferty (Northern Wildflower, Land-Water-Sky and Lianne Marie Leda Charlie, in amongst the best emerging writers in the north."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781927886625
ISBN: 1927886627
Physical Description: 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Yellowknife, NWT : Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning ; [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:	List of contributors (pp. [268]-285): Siku Allooloo (Inuk/Haitian/Taíno); Asinnajaq (Inuk); Tiffany Ayalik and Insuksuk Mackay [PIQSIQ] (Inuit); Randy Baillargeon (Yellowknives Dene); Josh Barichello (settler); Taylor Benh-Tsakoza (Eh Cho Dene/Dene Tsaa); Justina Black (Yellowknives Dene); Lianne Marie Leda Charlie (Northern Tutchone, Tagé Cho Hudän); Rachel Cluderay (nêhiyaw (Cree)/English); Noel-Leigh Cockney (settler); ᐊᐣ ᗯ ᕍ ᑯᐤ ᐨ ᓴ ᔨ ᓯ ᑌ ᓀ Angela Code (Sayisi Dene); Glen Coulthard (Yellowknives Dene); Beatrice Deer (Inuk/Mohawk); Brenda Dragon (settler); Chloe Dragon Smith (Métis/German/Dene/French); Thumlee Drybones-Foliot (Dene); Jamesie Fournier (Inuk); Jeneen Frei Njootli (2SQ Vuntut Gwitchin/Czech/Dutch); Camille Georgeson-Usher (Coast Salish/Sahtu Dene/Scottish); Leela Gilday (Sahtú Dene); Robert Grandjambe (Mikisew Cree); Christina Gray (Ts'msyen/Dene); Coleen Hardisty (Dehcho Dene); Niillas Holmberg (Sámi); ᐃᓕᓴᐱ Elisapie Isaac (Inuk); Katłįà (Catherine) Lafferty (Yellowknives Dene); Kyla LeSage (Vuntut Gwitchin/Anishinaabe); Tanya Lukin Linklater (Alutiiq); Dian Million (Tanana Athabascan); Tyra Moses (Dene); Antione Mountain (Dene); Kyle Napier (Dene/nêhiyaw/Métis); Juniper Redvers (Deninu K'ue); T'áncháy Redvers (Dene/Métis Two-Spirit); Megan Samms (L'nu/Nlaka'pamux); Jessica Sangris (Yellowknives Dene/Bkejwanong); Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg); Mary Rose (Maro) Sundberg (Dene); Kristen Tanche (Dehcho Dene); Jennie Vandermeer (Sahtúgot'įnę); Jasmine Vogt (Tetlit Gwich'in/Sahtú Dene).
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Mahsı̀ Cho! -- Ndè sı̀ı̀ wet’aɂà / Kyla LeSage, Thumlee Drybones-Foliot, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson -- Gonàowo / Mary Rose Sundberg & Leela Gilday -- Caribou people / Siku Allooloo -- Re-membering, re-claiming, re-connecting / T'áncháy Redvers -- Journeying home across Tu Nedhé / Juniper Redvers -- To Wood Buffalo National Park, with love / Chloe Dragon Smith & Robert Grandjambe -- Without the land, there is no understanding / Glen Coulthard in conversation with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson -- Notes on being in-between - a love letter to damaged Earth / Camille Georgeson-Usher -- This is your home : Ski-Doos, caribou, and mosquitoes / Jeneen Frei Njootli in conversation with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson -- Code shifting, listening, and trusting ourselves / Inuksuk Mackay and Tiffany Ayalik of PIQSIQ in conversation with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson -- Aural cycles / A conversation between Niillas Holmberg and Tiffay Ayalik on Inuit throat singing and Sámi yoiking -- Songs of gratitude and hope / Beatrice Deer in conversation with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson -- I am a woman, I am indigenous, I am Inuk / ᐃᓕᓴᐱ Elisapie Isaac in conversation with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson -- Many voices walking together / ᐊᓯᓐᓇᐃᔭᖅ Asinnajaq in conversation with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson -- The Harvest Sturdies / Tanya Lukin Linklater -- The song we should all be listening to : why a Dene worldview, embedded in Dene music, is more important now than ever / Leela Gilday -- I was given a gift / Randy Baillargeon with Leela Gilday -- ᐅᐨᘛ/ūdzi : the art of Dene handgames/stick gambling / Angela Code -- Ringing drums, talking land / Antione Mountain -- Land stories / Josh Barichello -- Language needs land needs language / Chloe Dragon Smith -- The gate / Dian Million -- The Housing Poem / Dian Million -- Golǫdhé / Kristen Tanche -- The knowledge we carry from the land is medicine / Justina Black in Conversation with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson -- Consent : learning with the land / Kyla LeSage -- Our culture is a beating drum / Coleen Hardisty -- Finding Dendì, finding ourselves / Jasmine Vogt -- Mahsì Cho for being my sister, Miigwech for being my best friend / Jessica Sangris -- Life along the Arctic Ocean / Noel-Leigh Cockney -- Estu Nátse (My grandma is strong) / Taylor Behn-Tsakoza -- The Dene Laws : Indigenous culture is wellness / Jennie Vandermeer -- Dene Nation strong / Tyra Moses -- Sacrifice / Jamesie Fournier -- Caribou, wolverines, and spruce gum / Thumlee Drybones-Foliot -- Pluck me softly from the sky / Megan Samms -- Dënesųłiné teaching and parenting / Brenda Dragon in conversation with Chloe Dragon Smith -- Afterbirth / Lianne Marie Leda Charlie -- Bet'á ʔeghálada / Kyle Napier -- Buffalo bones and hope : two Dene stories / Christina Gray -- cîmân / Rachel Cluderay -- Starpath / Siku Allooloo -- Eyı̀it'iı̀ Nǫts'ı̨de / Katłįà Lafferty, translated by Mary Rose Sundberg.