Indigenous Poetics in Canada

Index

Aadizookaanan. See Sacred Stories Abrams, M.H., 353 abstraction, in storytelling, 114, 133 abstractism, 257 academic poaching, 45–47, 55–56n10 academics: decision-making influence of scholars, 46, 55–56n10; identity, and oral traditions, 138; Indigenous critics, 47; Indigenous studies, 89, 90, 91, 101; narrative violence of academic discourse, 89, 90, 98 Acco, Ann, 266 “acimowina” (Dumont), 93–94 Acoose, Janice, 47, 353, 363n5 Acquelin, José: Nous sommes tous des sauvages, 167 “A Cry from an Indian Wife” (Johnson ), 225–26 Adams, Howard, 75 adoption, 100–101 African diaspora, 271, 285n1 “Africa Wailin” (Cooper), 275 Agissiz, Lake, 203 Ahenakew, Edward, 8, 61, 68, 69; “Cree Trickster Tales,” 62–63, 66; Rolling Head story, 96, 332, 334, 340, 341–45 Ahenakew, Freda, 8, 61, 161 A History of Reading (Manguel), 74 Aimitiau! Parlons-Nous! (Morali), 167, 171–72 Aionwahta, narrative of, 7, 48–51, 56nn16–17 “A Jig for Sister” (Scofield), 276–77 Akan, Linda, 355–56, 358, 361 Akiwenzie, Irene, 263–64 Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri, 46, 53, 164, 210, 242, 324; Indigenous consciousness , 267–68; on Indigenous poetics, 266–67; Kegedonce Press, 5, 268; spoken-word poetry, 267; on writing, 263–66, 269–70 Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri: works: my heart is a stray bullet, 263, 265–66; Without Reservations: Indigenous Erotica, 189–90 Alfred, Taiaiake, 48, 50, 52, 57n17, 57n21, 75 Algonquian language: relation to Cree/ Anishinaabemowin, 7 allegiance, 52 Allen, Jack, 146 Allen, Lillian, 5; dub/Indigenous contexts of freedom, 11; poetics of renewal, 293–301; on sharing of experience, 284 Allen, Lillian: works:“Dark Winds,” 275, 276;“I Fight Back,”272, 277; “In These Canadian Bones,”272; “Riddim an Hardtimes,”275;“Rub a Dub Style inna Regent Park,”275–76, 286n26;“Tribute to Miss Lou,” 283 Index 381 Allen, Paula Gunn, 75, 89 alliance(s): forms of, 54–55n3; and reciprocal agency, 52 alliteration, 56n16 Almighty Voice and His Wife (Moses), 10 American Indian Rhetorics of Survivance (Stromberg), 352 Anderson, Kim, 8, 331; Life Stages and Native Women, 335–36, 339–40 And Grandma Said ... Iroquois Teachings as Passed Down Through the Oral Tradition (Porter), 48 Andrews, Jennifer, 161, 346; In the Belly of a Laughing God, 332, 335; “The Love of Words,” 341 Andrews, Julie, 337 Angel Wing Splash Pattern (Van Camp), 189–90 Anglo-môniyâw poetic conventions, 4, 5 Anishinaabe: Anishinaabewiziwin, reclamation of, 184; encounters with European technology, 1–3; Mississauga Anishinaabe, 7; stories of Lake Winnipeg, 205–6, 213n9 Anishinaabemowin: double-vowel orthographic system, 164; relation to Algonquian/Cree language, 7 anitafrika, 282–83 Apache: landscape as text, 77–78; narratives , 7; sense of place, 150; stories as guide to living well, 79, 80; theory of wisdom, 76–77; “Wisdom of Trails” story, 78, 80; Wisdom Sits in Places (Basso), 73, 75–76 apocalyptic imagery, 224, 227–31 Appleford, Rob, 57–58n23 Archibald-Barber, Jesse Rae, 217–35 A Really Good Brown Girl (Dumont), 93–94 “A Request” (Johnson), 225 Aristotle, 31 Armstrong, Jeannette, 24, 25, 46, 242, 335 Armstrong, Jeannette: works: Breath Tracks, 34; “From the Landscape of Grandmother,” 34; “Land Speaking ,” 208 Arnott, Joanne, 242, 317, 318; body tension as stories, 329–30; Canada Council writers tour, 326; on significance of clothing in her work, 43, 44, 52; singers as inspiration, 327–28; songs out of silence, 321–30 Arnott, Joanne: works: “Enchantment & Freedom,” 325; “Poverty,” 54 Aronoff, Phyllis: Message Sticks/Tshissinuatshitakana , 177 assimilation policies, 61, 237–38, 272. See also residential schools âtayôhkêwin (sacred story), 4, 61–70, 96, 334, 336 At Geronimo’s Grave (Ruffo), 28, 29 Audet, Véronique: Innu Nikamu— L’Innu Chante, 166 audience: cultural voyeurism, 187, 195; engaged reading strategies, 54–55n3; generative alliance with poet, 44; role in creation of meaning, 43–44; teller/listener dynamics, 63–64, 97, 110, 111, 113, 141, 306–10 authenticity, issues of, 162 author/editor relationship, 174 author empathy, 340–41 author intentionality: and audience engagement, 44; critical interpretation of, 51–52, 57–58n23, 58n24 A Windigo Tale (film, Ruffo), 29 Babel, Louis, 164, 179n16 Bacon, Joséphine, 159, 165, 177; biography , 173–74; and Chloe SainteMarie , 169, 180n26; documentary films, 174 Bacon, Joséphine: works: Bâton à message /Tshissinuashitakana (Message Sticks), 172, 175–76; “Le Nord m’interpelle/Niepuatik Tshiuetin,” 172; Nous sommes tous des sauvages, 167–68; “Pimuteuat” (They Walk), 160, 172–73, 178n2 382 I N D E X Badger, William: kâtââyuk: Saskatchewan Indian Elders, 68–69 Baker, Marie...