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      nipê wânîn: askiy iyinîsiwin acâhkowin

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      Date
      2014-08-13
      Author
      Lafond, Mika
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      This creative thesis is written in nêhiyawêwin (Cree) and English. It explores the skill of storytelling in Cree culture and examines how that can be done through poetry. The collection of poems is a story about the experiences and beliefs of an Indigenous woman, mother, student, teacher, daughter. This thesis is broken into three thematic sections: “acâhk” (spirit), “niya” (me), and “askiy” (land). Each section contains a series of poems that delves into the teachings shared by elders, parents, and grandparents. Three themes are braided into each poem – relationality, nêhiyaw worldview, and personal experience.
      Degree
      Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
      Department
      Interdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativity
      Program
      Writing
      Supervisor
      Lynes, Jeanette
      Committee
      Bidwell, Kristina; Settee, Priscilla; Van Styvendale, Nancy
      Copyright Date
      June 2014
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2014-06-1606
      Subject
      poetry
      cree
      poems
      nêhiyawêwin
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