Product Description
This book describes literary and artistic achievements of First Nations, Inuit and Metis women across Canada and the United States, including contributions from New Zealand and Mexico. Their voices and creative expression of identity and place are richly varied, reflecting the depth of the culturally diverse energy found on these continents. Over 60 writers and visual artists are represented from nearly 25 nations, including writers such as Lee Maracle, Chrystos and Louise Bernice Halfe, and visual artists Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Teresa Marshall, Kenojuak Ashevak, Doreen Jensen and Shelley Niro; and some who are published for the first time in this landmark volume.
About the Author
Lee Maracle has an impressive list of fiction and autobiographical titles which include: I am Woman, Ravensong, Sundogs and Sojourner's Truth. Lee Maracle was one of the first Aboriginal people to be published in the early 1970s. She has since become the most prolific Aboriginal author in Canada and a recognised authority on issues pertaining to Aboriginal people and Aboriginal literature. She presently resides in Barrie, Ontario, where she works at the Barrie Native Friendship Center and teaches sessional courses at the University of Toronto.
