Table of Contents
kîkwaya kâ-masinahikâtêki ôta contents
Foreword Jenna Butler ix
The Sounds of Plains Cree: A Guide to Pronunciation xi
Family Poems
The Road to Writer’s Block (A Poem to Myself) 5
Trademark Translation 12
paskwâhk | On the Prairie 13
kiya kâ-pakaski-nîmihitoyan | You Who Dance So Brightly 15
tawâw | There Is Room, Always Room for One More 17
Perfect Not Perfect 20
tawastêw | The Passage Is Safe 21
pahkwêsikan | Bread 23
ê-wîtisânîhitoyâhk asici pîkiskwêwin | Language Family 28
ê-wîtisânîhitoyâhk êkwa ê-pêyâhtakowêyâhk | Relative Clause 33
Critical Race Theory at Canadian Tire 39
Reclamation Poems
Cree Lessons 43
tânisi ka-isi-nihtâ-âhpinihkêyan | How to Tan a Hide 45
aniki nîso nâpêwak kâ-pîkiskwêcik | Two Men Talking 49
nohtâwiy opîkiskwêwin | Father Tongue 52
ninitâhtâmon kititwêwiniwâwa | I Borrow Your Words 58
aniki nîso nâpêwak kâ-masinahikêcik | Two Men Writing 61
sâpohtawân | Ghost Dance 62
ê-kî-pîcicîyâhk | We Danced Round Dance 66
A Few Ideas from amiskwacî-wâskahikanihk
The Young Linguist 73
tânisi ka-isi-nihtâ-pimîhkêyan | How to Make Pemmican 74
History Poems
maskihkiy maskwa iskwêw ôma wiya ohci | For Medicine Bear Woman 87
mistahi-maskwa 91
Take This Rope and Thi
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