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Image courtesy of University of Manitoba Press
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Indians don't cry = Gaawiin mawisiiwag anishinaabeg
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

2014
Book > Poetry, Short Stories
Creators
Kenny, George
Contributors
Ningewance, Patricia M; Eigenbrod, Renate
Description
"George Kenny is an Anishinaabe poet and playwright who learned traditional ways from his parents before being sent to residential school in 1958. When Kenny published his first book, 1982's Indians Don't Cry, he joined the ranks of Indigenous writers such as Maria Campbell, Basil Johnston, and Rita Joe whose work melded art and political action. Hailed as a landmark in the history of Indigenous literature in Canada, this new edition is expected to inspire a new generation of Anishinaabe writers with poems and stories that depict the challenges of Indigenous people confronting and finding ways to live within urban settler society. Indians Don't Cry: Gaawiin Mawisiiwag Anishinaabeg is the second book in the First Voices, First Texts series, which publishes lost or underappreciated texts by Indigenous artists. This new bilingual edition includes a translation of Kenny's poems and stories into Anishinaabemowin by Pat Ningewance and an afterword by literary scholar Renate Eigenbrod"--publisher's website.
Language
English; Anishinaabemowin

More Information

Alternate Title(s)
Gaawiin mawisiiwag anishinaabeg
Holding Library
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
ISBN
9780887557699; 0887557694
Statement of Responsibility
George Kenny ; edited and with an afterword by Renate Eigenbrod ; Anishinaabemowin translation by Patricia M. Ningewance.
Publication Information
Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press
Physical Description
xii, 190 pages ; 22 cm
Notes
Series title: First voices, first texts ; 2.
Issued also in electronic format.
"Originally published in 1977, Indians Don't Cry was republished in 1982, and included an additional eight poems and two short stories. The current edition is based on that expanded edition"--Afterword.
Includes bibliographical references.
Poems and short stories in English with Anishinaabegmowin translation on facing pages; introduction and afterword in English.
Contents
Rain Dance - Gimiwanishimowin -- Rubbie at Central Park - Minikweshk imaa Central Park -- Indians Don't Cry - Gaawiin Mawisiiwag Anishinaabeg -- PoorJ.W. - J.W.ish -- Lost Friendship - Gaa-waniseg Minowiijiindiwin -- The Bullfrogs Got Theirs - Gaa-wawiiyadiziwaad Gichi-omagakiig -- On the Shooting of a Beaver - E-baashkizond Amik -- How He Served - Gaa-gii-izhi-Wiidookaazod -- Welcome - Minwendaagwan E-dagoshineg -- Death Bird - Nibowin Bineshiinzh -- The Drowning - Nisaabaawewin -- I Don't Know This October Stranger - Gaawiin Nin-gikenimaasii awe Biiwide Gaa-dagoshing Binaakwe-giizis -- Just Another Bureaucrat - Bezhig eta Miinawaa Zhooniyaa-ogimaaodanokiitamaage -- Second Beauty - Miinawaa onizhishiwin -- Summer Dawn on Loon Lake - E-waabang E-niibing imaa Maangozaaga'iganiing -- Folk Hero - Gerald Bannatyne I Gechi-inenimind - Gerald Bannatyne -- Track Star - Netaa-bimibatood -- Death Is No Stranger - Gaawiin Mayagendaagozi.noon Nibowin -- Legacy - Gaa-naganigooyang -- Broken, I Knew a Man - E-bookoshkaayaan, Nin-gii·glkenimaa Inini -- To: My Friend, the Painter - Ni-wiijiiwaagan Netaa-mazinibii'iged -- Sunset on Portage - E-bangishimod Giizis imaa Portage Miikanaang -- Old Daniel - Daanlyanish -- Kenora Bus Depot - Gaa-izhi-bagamibizod Bas Wazhashkonigamiing -- Pine Tree - Zhlngwaak -- In-Family Tribal Warfare - Inawemaaganikaang Gaa-dazhi-miigaading -- Mahkwa (bear) - Makwa -- Soft and Trembling Cry - Gaa-wilsakwed Niningitaagozid Gaa-mawid -- Bottles - Moodayaabikoon -- Gulls - Gayaashkwag -- Dirty lndian - Anishinaabewish -- Picture of My Father - Gaa-mazinaakizod Nindede -- Ojibway Girl - Anishinaabekwens -- Think On - Naanaagadawendan Giiyaabi -- For Most of Thirteen Years - Awashime Midaashi-niso-biboon.
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Also available online (authentication may be required)
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