The powwow grounds
the stories also reveal a rich and evocative relationship to the lands and waters of Georgian Bay
Examining the inquiries and inquests reveals disturbing cases of First Nations men and women on reserve and in urban areas who receive grossly inadequate care at medical institutions as well as brutal and inhumane treatment at the hands of police and prison officials
and the desire to achieve greatness in spite of the obstacles and barriers inherent in a life lived on the fringes
In the section on tools and utensils
Unearthing Secrets, Gathering Truths Military History The powwow groundsUnearthing Secrets Gathering Truths is the first book of poetry by Jules Arita Koostachin, Attawapiskat First Nation member. This work is divided into four parts: InNiNeWak (Human Beings), WiKwam (Home), MiTeWin (Dreams) and IsKweWak (Cree Womyn). The poems reflect life, voice, spirit world, mothers, freedom, truth and love seen through the eyes of an Indigenous woman. Through the process of the poems, which were a twenty year journey, she finds the
