May 2013
1 post
March 2013
2 posts
The Discourse of Chiefs
(as it relates to research)
“Enough research.
We need action.
Our communities are in need.”
A deep, soft voice
from the back corner.
“We need more research.
We need to know
what is happening
in our communities.”
Research is knowing one another.
Our songs are our certificates.
Research is ceremony.
February 2013
3 posts
2 tags
January 2013
1 post
December 2012
1 post
Letter to pm@pm.gc.ca (@pmharper)
Kwey, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence is currently on a hunger strike and demanding a meeting with you, the Prime Minister of Canada. Her people are suffering and have shown the world the issues many First Nations face across Turtle Island. I am aware that Minister John Duncan has agreed to meet with Theresa Spence, but that is not enough. First Nations’ relationships with settlers...
October 2012
1 post
September 2012
3 posts
April 2012
1 post
March 2012
6 posts
“To understand me, you’ll have to swallow a world.”
– Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
“Memory’s truth, because memory has its own special kind. It selects,...”
– Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
February 2012
11 posts
I love how Indians automatically abbreviate my...
August 2011
3 posts
July 2011
2 posts
Waawaateseg (Fireflies) | by Margaret Noori →
Aanii ezhi pagozi dibikgiizis? / How does moonlight taste?
Aanii ezhi noodin pagwad / How much does the wind weigh?
Aanii ezhi ezhichigeyaamba / What do I need to do
Ji-nsostaawaag waawaateseg / to understand the fireflies?
Jiimaanan ina n’ga pagadanan giizhigong / Throw kisses or canoes to heaven?
Maage mikzhaweyaanh gdo’wiikweodenong / Or row to a heart’s shore?
...
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
5 posts
By 6:30 I'd fallen into an Indigenous depression...
April 2011
6 posts
Is it bad for a dozen Indians to talk American...
