The pemmican eaters : poems
Book |
ECW Press,
Toronto, Ontario :
[2015]
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 9712 DUMON | Adult Literature | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
A picture of the Riel Resistance from one of Canada's preeminent Métis poets. With a title derived from John A. Macdonald's moniker for the Métis, Pemmican Eaters explores Marilyn Dumont's sense of history as the dynamic present.
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Details
- ISBN: 9781770412415 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 66 pages ; 22 cmprint
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : ECW Press, [2015]
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
- Formatted Contents Note: Our Gabriel -- Otipemisiwak -- Letter to Sir John A. Macdonald -- Notre Frères -- Li bufloo -- How to make pemmican -- I wanted to treat them as we would have treated buffalo -- Les animaux -- These are wintering words -- What we don't need -- October 1869: to smoke their pipes and sing their songs -- Lines -- Not a single blade -- Ode to the Red River cart -- Fiddle bids us -- Just tell me when the fiddler arrives -- She worries beads -- With second sight, she pushes -- Sky berry and water berry -- Beads the right size and colour -- The land she came from -- The black mare -- You are riding for the border tonight -- Red River framed houses & dust -- To a fair country -- What's left -- The showman & show Indians -- Rich in horses -- Requiem for Louis Riel -- Post battle of Batoche: Gatling gun -- Our prince -- Louis' last vision.