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    Bear Bones & Feathers

    By Louise Bernice Halfe

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    Among her healing arts are Native symbolism and history, the memories of her childhood on the reserve, and her own dark brand of humour. Like Tomson HIghway and Thomas King, Halfe is actively involved in reclaiming the long overlooked Native comedic tradition. Her poems about the erosion of old ways, the terrors of residential school and hth pain inflicted by alcoholism abound with satiric portraits and shared jokes, yet pierce the heart with their truthfulness. Her angriest poems, infused with dark humour, are written in a Cree-inflected English she calls her "grassroots tongue." It is with this voice that she comes to terms with the legacy of Catholicism in the moving poems "ten hail mary's" and "dear poop."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCoteau Books
    Release dateApr 3, 1994
    ISBN9781550505023
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    Louise Bernice Halfe

    Louise Bernice Halfe was born in Two Hills, Alberta, and was raised on the Saddle Lake Reserve. Her Cree name is Sky Dancer. With the publication of Burning in this Midnight Dream in April 2016, Louise has four book publications to her credit. Bear Bones & Feathers was published in 1994. It received the Canadian People’s Poet Award, and was a finalist for the Spirit of Saskatchewan Award. Blue Marrow was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Poetry, the Pat Lowther Award, the Saskatchewan Book of the Year Award, and the Saskatchewan Poetry Award. The Crooked Good was published in 2007. She was awarded third prize in the League of Canadian Poets' national poetry contest and was Saskatchewan’s Poet Laureate for 2005-2006. Louise has a Bachelor of Social Work, and received an Honorary Degree of Letters (Ph. D) from Wilfred Laurier University. She currently works with Elders in an organization called Opikinawasowin (“raising our children”). She lives outside of Saskatoon with her husband.

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      Bear Bones & Feathers was the debut book of poetry by First Nations Cree author Louise Halfe. First released in 1994. She uses Indigenous spiritual beliefs, memory, her childhood, family, and the devastating effect of the residential school system to show the resilience and strength of First Nations and, in doing so, she provides with powerful look at the conditions Indigenous have been forced to live under Canada's colonial rule. It was not always an easy read but it is an important one, one that should be available in every library and taught in every school and university in Canada.Thanks to Edelweiss+ and Brick Books for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review