nipê wânîn: askîy iyinîsiwin acâhkowin

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Date
2014-08-13Author
Lafond, Mika
Type
ThesisDegree Level
MastersMetadata
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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 CreativityProgram
WritingSupervisor
Lynes, JeanetteCommittee
Bidwell, Kristina; Settee, Priscilla; Van Styvendale, NancyCopyright Date
June 2014Subject
poetry
cree
poems
nêhiyawêwin