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Calling down the sky
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Calling down the sky
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

2015
Book > Poetry
Creators
Deerchild, Rosanna
Description
"Calling Down the Sky is a poetry collection that describes deep personal experiences and post generational effects of the Canadian Aboriginal Residential School confinements in the 1950's when thousands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools against their parents' wishes. Many were forbidden to speak their language and practice their own culture. The author portrays how the ongoing impact of the residential schools problem has been felt throughout generations and has contributed to social problems that continue to exist today"--publisher's website.

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Holding Library
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
ISBN
9781772310054; 1772310050
Statement of Responsibility
Rosanna Deerchild.
Publication Information
Markham, Ontario : BookLand Press
Physical Description
80 pages ; 22 cm
Notes
Series: Canadian Aboriginal voices.
Poems. 
Also available in Cree as î-nitotamahk kîsik.
Issued also in electronic format.
First Nations author.
Contents
Mama's testament : truth and reconciliation -- Two braids -- Mama loves country -- Confession -- Things I know about my mother as a child -- Mama leaves -- The first time -- Blanket -- The second time -- Over tea -- Mama's voice -- What is carried -- On the first day -- Number 105 -- Sister rose -- Feast -- Bread crumbs -- Runaway -- Windows -- The silent -- In confession -- Calling down the sky -- Nihithawan -- Rosary -- The last supper -- Hidden traps -- Trapland -- What is passed -- The faceless woman -- Jukebox -- Guy Hill: August 4, 2012 -- Guy Hill: the returning of souls -- Memorials -- Things I know about my mother as an adult -- When I think of mama in residential school -- A gift of memories -- Naming ceremony -- Mama's name.
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