Alternate Title(s)

Gatherings (Penticton, B.C.)
Reconciliation : Elders as knowledge keepers

ISBN

1894778065

Statement of Responsibility

edited by Leanne Flett Kruger and Bernelda Wheeler, with special guest forward by Leonard Peltier.

Publication Information

Penticton B.C. : Theytus Books

Physical Description

167 p. : ill. 22 cm.

Notes

Cover art : Julie Flett.

Contents

First Words -- A message to our young people / from Leonard Peltier (Anishinabe/Dakota/Lakota) -- sect. 1 / Lessons -- Mek-ee-da-ga (Put a blanket on someone sleeping) / Maxine Matilpi (Kwakiult) -- My Elder is better than your Elder / Drew Hayden Taylor (Ojibway) -- Reconciliation / Rebeka Tabobondung (Wasauksing) -- My take on the term 'Elder' / Barbara-Helen Hill (Cayuga/Mohawk) -- Coyote the Scientist / Brent Peacock-Cohen (Okanagan) -- Grandpa's mystique / Richard Green -- Lumps and bumps / Dawn Russell (Syilx) -- Juniper berries / Dawna Elaine Page, Karonhiakwas (Mohawk) -- Pocahontas Barbie / Robert Vincent Harris (Sioux/Dakota) -- Making waves / Vera Newman (Namgis) -- The last flood / Janet Marie Rogers -- sect. 2 / Gifts -- The gift / Roxanne Lindley (Westbank) -- Believe / Richard O'Halloran (Mohawk) -- Awakenings / Robert Vincent Harris (Sioux/Dakota) -- The reason why we do and the reason why we don't / Brent Peacock-Cohen (Okanagan) -- Indian summer / Gordon de Frane (Chemainus) -- The gift / John Garfield Barlow (Mi'Kmaq) -- The keeper of tradition / Marcelle Marie Gareau (Métis) -- Ruby Mossflower's magic quilt / Eric Ostrowidzki -- Familiar / Dawna Elaine Page, Karonhiakwas (Mohawk).;sect. 3 / Knowledge -- The knowledge / Helen-Anne Embry -- Old man / John Berry (Choctaw/Cherokee/Scots-Irish) -- A day in the life of an Elder / Naomi Walser (Beausoliel) -- What Indians want / Steve Russell (Syilx) -- Justice / Vera Manual (Secwepemc/Ktunaxa) -- Knowledge keepers / Charlotte Mearns (Musqueam) -- Untitled / Karen Pheasant -- Wisdom / Julaine Dokis (Ojibway) -- Sweetness of Samson's lion / Brent Peacock-Cohen (Okanagan) -- sect. 4 / Honouring -- Thank you / Richard O'Halloran (Mohawk) -- For the little sisters / Yvonne Beaver (Tuscarora) -- Spirituality / Darliea Dorey -- Blanket statements / Janet Marie Rogers -- Bloodline / For all my relations / March moon / Dawna Elaine Page, Karonhiakwas (Mohawk) -- Silent drum / Indian eyes / Lesley Belleau (Ojibway) -- Going home / Arnold James Isbister -- Homelands / Sundown / Reflections on water / John Berry (Choctaw/Cherokee/Scots-Irish) -- Wings of the Morning / William (Bill) H. Flowers (Inuit) -- Dear beloved child / Minnie Matoush (Cree).;sect. 5 / International and words from our youth -- International : -- Reconciliation: Elders as knowledge keepers / Mena Mac, Tracey McCarthy (Kuku Yalangi) -- Youth : -- Reunited hearts / Kawennenhawi Nelson (Kaneshsatake) -- Prayer / Us and stickgame / When that day comes / Elizabeth Kruger (Okanagan) -- Residential school / Preston Gregoire -- When I ... / Anita Louie (Okanagan) -- One unlucky day / Audrey Avery (Mohawk) -- Rokstentsherak:sen / Vanessa Nelson (Mohawk) -- Cedar / Fire / Eagle / Water / Joel Morgan -- Modern Warrior / Jamie L. John (Kehewin Cree) -- Tupa (Great Grandmother) / Stephanie L. Squakin (Lower Similkameen).