I Lost My Talk Literature Guest curated by Suzan Shown

Guest curated by Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee)

Celebrated author Richard Wagamese artfully crafts these thrilling yet vulnerable stories of two young men trying to find their place in the world

The seed causes consternation with cottagers who argue that it is hampering swimming

It reflects on the physical impact of oppression on the body

followed by information on Germaine's own artistic process and her unique drawing style inspired by pointillism

I Lost My Talk Literature Guest curated by Suzan ShownI Lost My Talk is one of Rita Joe's most influential poems and tells this Mi'kmaw Elder's story of losing her Mikmaw language while at residential school in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. The vivid and colour illustrations are by Mi'kmaw artist Pauline Young and compliment the poem beautifully. This poem is directed at those who took Rita Joes talk away when she was a little girl replacing her language with their own and in asking to find her talk again