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Kiyâm : poems /
"Through poems that move between the two languages, 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 i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Cree |
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Edmonton, AB :
AU Press,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Mingling voices.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Through poems that move between the two languages, 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, Ojibwe, Scottish, and English, kiyâm articulates a powerful yearning for family, history, peace, and love."--Publisher's description. Kiyâm contemplates language loss and recovery in the twenty-first century, by relating one woman's journey in learning an Indigenous language. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (178 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169). |
| ISBN: | 9781926836713 1926836715 9781926836706 1926836707 1280687126 9781280687129 9781926836690 1926836693 9786613664068 6613664065 |
| ISSN: | 1917-9413 |