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• Title:Resisting Canada : an anthology of poetry / edited, with an introduction by Nyla Matuk.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Matuk, Nyla Jean, 1967- editor.
  
• Published/Created:Montreal, Québec : Signal Editions, is an imprint of Véhicule Press, 2019.
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: PS8287.P64 R47 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Canadian Subjects: Canadian poetry (English)
  
• Library of Congress Subjects:Political poetry.
  Social action--Canada--Poetry.
  Canada--Social conditions--Poetry.
  Canada--Race relations--Poetry.
  Canada--Ethnic relations--Poetry.
  
• Genre/Form:Poetry.
  Political poetry.
  
• Description:291 pages ; 22 cm
  
• Summary:"Poetry, Canadian Poetry, activism, Indigenous agency, cultural belonging, environmental anxieties and racial privilege. Poems included in Resisting Canada--by poets such as Lee Maracle, Jordan Abel, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Louise Bernice Halfe, Michael Prior, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• ISBN:1550655337
  9781550655339 (softcover)
  
• Contents:Jordan Abel. Excerpt from "Injun"
  Marie Annharte Baker. One way to keep track of who is talking ; Last ditch religion ; South Dakota news ; Breed apart ; Multicultural timbit ; I want to dance wild Indian blackface ; Coyote Columbus cafe
  Billy-Ray Belcourt. God's river ; Sexual history ; The Oxford journal
  Beth Cuthand. Four songs for the fifth generation ; Post-Oka kinda woman
  Rosanna Deerchild. Mama's testament: truth and reconciliation ; Calling down the sky
  Marilyn Dumont. The white judges ; Helen Betty Osborne ; Letter to Sir John A. MacDonald ; Our prince
  Marvin Francis. Joe TB ; Treaty lines ; Treaty map
  Louise Bernice Halfe-sky Dancer. Masaskon- stripped; Tipiyawewisiw- ownership of one's self ; Owners of themselves
  Lee Maracle. Bring the boys home (Nicaragua- another Vietnam) ; Saga of American truth ; Streets ; Women ; Blind justice ; Canada is a labyrinth ; Oka ; Remembering Mahmoud 1976 ; Talking to the diaspora
  Janet Rogers. Being Indian ; Check point ; MOQW/MOQW?ESPEYE?WIXT ; Alotta hullabaloo ; Giving a shit ; Witness ; Calls to action ; Red Earth, White lies
  Armand Garnet Ruffo. Indian canoe, n.d. ; The land (land rights), 1976 ; Poem for Duncan Campbell Smith ; Creating a country
  Gregory A. Scofield. She is spitting a mouthful of stars (Nikawi's song) ; This is not a manifesto (Club Reprise) ; How many White people noticed (and recounted the scene over dinner) ; Mixed Breed Act ; Policy of the dispossessed ; Nothing sacred ; How to reach Canada
  Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Nogojiwanong ; Constellation ; This accident of being lost ; Leaks ; Samllpox, anyone.
  James Arthur. A local history ; The death of Captain America ; Drone
  Wayde Compton. Evening at the colonial ; JD ; The Chief factor ; Illegalese: flood gate dub
  Jim Johnstone. Speaking distance ; To Carthage then we came
  El Jones. Viola Desmond ; Omar Khadr ; Toxic legacy
  Christine Leclerc. Excerpt from "Oilywood"
  Canisia Lubrin. Our mapless season ; Turn right at the darkness
  Sachiko Murakami. Civic claims ; The agreement agreement ; Boundaries
  Arleen Paré. Kanesatake ; Oka crisis ; To Oka
  Michael Prior. Tashme
  Shane Rhodes. The voyages of Martin Frobisher ; Fronts of power ; The requirement
  Ingrid Ruthig. Ten mile point ; Settlement
  Karen Solie. Bitumen ; The National Gallery ; The Prime Minister
  Moez Surani. Operación Opération Operation [...]
  Derek Webster. Victoriana Canadiensis ; Dominion
  Rita Wong. Forage, fumage ; Snipstream.