Manitowapow
Subtitle: Aboriginal writings from the land of water
By: Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair and Warren Cariou, editors ; foreword by Beatrice Mosionier
Series: The Debwe series
Publisher: HighWater Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Winnipeg, Man
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781553793076
Subjects: Canadian literature (English); Literary collections; Canadian literature; Native peoples; Native authors
Description: "This anthology of Aboriginal writings from Manitoba takes readers back through the millennia and forward to the present day. Manitowapow is a rich collection of more than 125 works of stories, poetry, nonfiction, and speeches featuring some of Canada's best-known writers and luminaries as well as local storytellers from far-reaching Manitoba communities.

Historical writings, from important figures such as Louis Riel, Gabriel Dumont, and Chief Peguis, to newly discovered pieces from lessor known but compelling storytellers, such as Kuskapatchees; Literary writing by eminent Aboriginal writers, such as Tomson Highway, Beatrice Mosionier, Duncan Mercredi, Rosanna Deerchild; Nonfiction and political writing from contemporary Aboriginal leaders such as Phil Fontaine, David Courchene, and Justice Murray Sinclair; Anishinaabe, Cree, Dene, Inuit, Metis, and Sioux writers from Manitoba."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-410) and index.

Also issued in electronic format.

Text in English and Cree.