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    Kiyâm : poems / by Naomi McIlwraith.

    • Title:Kiyâm : poems / by Naomi McIlwraith.
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    • Author/Creator:McIlwraith, Naomi L. (Naomi Lynne), 1963-
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Xwi7xwa Collection
    • Published/Created:Edmonton : AU Press, ©2012.
    • Holdings

       
    • FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Indigenous Peoples
      Cree--Language.
    • Library of Congress Subjects: Cree poetry.
    • Genre/Form:Poems.
    • Description:xiii, 163 p. ; 19 cm.
    • Series:Mingling voices.
    • Summary:"Through poems that move between two langauges, McIlwraith explores the beauty of the intersection between nêhiyawêwin, the Plains Cree language, and English, âkayâsîmowin. Written to honour her father's facility in nêhiyawêwin and her mother's beauty and generosity as an inheritor of Cree, Objibwe, Scottish, and English, kiyâm articulates a powerful yearning for family, history, peace, and love." Back cover.
    • Additional formats:Issued also in electronic formats.
    • Local note:First Nations author.
    • Notes:Includes glossary of Cree-English term correspondences.
      Includes bibliographical references: pages 153-155.
      Includes some text in Cree.
    • ISBN:9781926836690
      1926836693
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