Song of Rita Joe : Autobiography of a Mi'kmaw Poet (Ltd Qty) National Indigenous Peoples Day Indigenous Communities in Canada: Mi’kmaq

Indigenous Communities in Canada: Mi’kmaq Community is an elementary level information book from Beech Street Books about the past and present-day culture and history of the Mi’kmaq who live in Canada’s Atlantic provinces and Quebec and call themselves L’nuk meaning “the people”

it seems like Nau is ready to leave home for good

This book was made possible with the assistance of Elders and Language Keepers of the Nakoda Nation: Armand McArthur and Wilma Kennedy

a First Nations man who was perpetually homeless

Mawla Shawana

Song of Rita Joe : Autobiography of a Mi'kmaw Poet (Ltd Qty) National Indigenous Peoples Day Indigenous Communities in Canada: Mi’kmaqRita Joe is an honoured MiKmaw elder, poet, and member of the Order of Canada. Song of Rita Joe is a book of exceptional courage and insight, the words of a gentle woman who fought for her family, justice, and her own independent voice. She faced intolerance, ignorance, and abuse, searched her inheritance for strength, and wrote poems of clarity and encouragement that continue to inspire not only her people but all people.