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Sôhkêyihta: The Poetry of Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe

Sôhkêyihta: The Poetry of Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe

Halfe, Louise Bernice
Gaertner, David

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Series: Laurier Poetry, Book 28

Native American HistoryGeneral Poetry

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ISBN10: 1771123494
ISBN13: 9781771123495
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published: Apr 12 2018
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

I build this story like my lair. One willow, / a rib at a time
-- The Crooked Good

Since 1990, Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe's work has stood out as essential testimony to Indigenous experiences within the ongoing history of colonialism and the resilience of Indigenous storytellers. Sôhkêyihta includes searing poems, written across the expanse of Halfe's career, aimed at helping readers move forward from the darkness into a place of healing.

Halfe's own afterword is an evocative meditation on the Cree word sôhkêyihta: Have courage. Be brave. Be strong. She writes of coming into her practice as a poet and the stories, people, and experiences that gave her courage and allowed her

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