Honouring the strength of Indian women : plays, stories, poetry / Vera Manuel, Kulilu Patki ; edited by Michelle Coupal, Deanna Reder, Joanne Arnott, and Emalene A. Manuel ; introduction by Emalene A. Manuel ; afterwords by Michelle Coupal, Deanna Reder, and Joanne Arnott.

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"This critical edition delivers a unique and comprehensive collection of the works of Ktunaxa-Secwepemc writer and educator Vera Manuel, daughter of prominent Indigenous leaders Marceline Paul and George Manuel. A vibrant force in the burgeoning Indigenous theatre scene, Vera was at the forefront of...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Works
First voices, first texts ; 5.
Main Author: Manuel, Vera, 1948-2010 (Author)
Other Authors: Arnott, Joanne, 1960- (Editor, writer of afterword.)
Reder, Deanna, 1963- (Editor, writer of afterword.)
Coupal, Michelle, 1963- (Editor, writer of afterword.)
Manuel, Emalene A. (Editor, Writer of introduction)
Language:English
Published: Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2019]
Series:First voices, first texts ; 5.
Subjects:
Indigenous women > Fiction.
Indigenous peoples > Fiction.
Indigenous women > Drama.
Indigenous peoples > Drama.
Off-reservation boarding schools > Canada > Drama.
Off-reservation boarding schools > Canada > Fiction.
Indigenous peoples.
Indigenous women.
Off-reservation boarding schools.
Canada.
Drama.
Fiction.
Poetry.
Short stories.
Genre:
Fiction.
Drama.
Poetry.
Short stories.
Physical Description:xii, 391 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / by Emalene A. Manuel
  • Plays. Strength of Indian women
  • Song of the circle
  • Journey through the past to the future
  • Echoes of our Mothers' past
  • Every warrior's song
  • Stories. That grey building
  • Theresa
  • The letter
  • The abyss
  • Poetry. The storm
  • Woman without a tongue
  • Ghosts & predators
  • L.A. Obsession song
  • Addictions
  • Lies
  • Life abuse of girls
  • The woman I could be
  • Fools
  • Loneliness
  • Abused mothers, wounded fathers
  • Hunger
  • The Catholic Church
  • Deadly legacy
  • Keeping Secrets
  • Forgiveness
  • When I first came to know myself
  • When my sister & I dance
  • The girl who could catch fish with her hands
  • Two brothers
  • La Guerra
  • Keepers in the dark
  • Inheritance
  • For the child who knew
  • Never ever tell
  • Ottawa
  • The truth about colonization
  • Justice
  • Beric
  • Christmas inside of me
  • Spring fever
  • Megcenetkwe
  • Dying
  • Afterwords. Narrative acts of truth and reconciliation: teaching the healing plays of Vera Manuel / by Michelle Coupal
  • Embedded teachings: Vera Manuel's recovered short stories / Deanna Reder
  • "Through poetry a community is brought together": Vera Manuel's poetry, poetry activism, and poetics / by Joanne Arnott
  • Appendix. Indians and residential school: a study of the breakdown of a culture / by Vera Manuel.