Dreaming in Indian
Subtitle: contemporary Native American voices
By: edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
Publisher: Annick Press; Annick Press Ltd.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781554516865; 9781554516872
Subjects: Ethnic identity; Autochtones; Indians of North America; Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Native peoples; Biographies; Indian artists; Artistes indiens d'Amérique; Identité ethnique; Native artists; Indiens d'Amérique; Artistes autochtones; Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: In a graphics-intensive, magazine-style format, 50 Native/Indian contributors from Canada and the United States present visual art (photography, drawings, paintings), poems, interviews and rememberances to show what it means to be Native/Indian today. Topics range from stereotypes and discrimination to discussions of the contributors' careers in activism, modelling, music, visual arts and more.
Notes: Issued also in electronic format.
Table of contents: title: Roots; title: Battles; title: Medicines; title: Dreamcatchers.; title: Foreword / by Lee Maracle; title: Part 1: Roots. I remember / Nicola Campbell; title: 4 reservation food groups / Keesic Douglas; title: The place I call home / David Kilabuk; title: Home / Zach Medicine Shield, Lia Hart, Julia Shaw, Abigail Whiteye; title: To those who bullied me / Tanya Tagaq Gillis; title: NDN lady / Martin Sensmeier; title: Lakota thunder / Dana Hillestad; title: Silenced no more / Isabelle Knockwood; title: Leaving home / Priscella Rose; title: Indians in the city / Henry Heavy Shield; title: Concrete Indians / Nadya Kwandibens; title: Part 2: Battles. Growing up with Pocahontas / Kelli Clifton, Alida Kinnie Starr, Charlotte "Skaruianewah" Logan; title: What is gender? / Aja Sy; title: My reality / Karina Rain Dominguez; title: Culture clashes / Tom Greyeyes; title: The only place she knows / Tonya-Leah Watts; title: Reappropriation / Anthony "Thosh" Collins and Ashley Callingbull; title: Hey, Mr. GQ! Building my own runway on the reserve / Christian Allaire; title: Indian giving / David Groulx; title: Shapeshifter gets a job offer / Courtney Powless; title: Super Indian / Arigon Starr; title: Stand up and say something / Ryan McMahon; title: Poverty / Faith Turner; title: Shedding my own skin / Joseph Boyden; title: Part 3: Medicines. Watersong / Christi Belcourt; title: Why I hunt: hitting the reset button / JP Gladu; title: The power of the land / Duke Redbird; title: Music is the medicine / Derek Miller; title: Opening my eyes... The sun dance changed my life / Chayla Delorme Maracle; title: Culture matters / Derek Nepinak; title: What gives you strength? / Youth from Horse Lake First Nation; title: Sokolum on the small screen / Heather Hill; title: Art outside the box / Louie Gong; title: The power of sport / Waneek Horn-Miller; title: Modern warrior / Bunky Echo-Hawk; title: Part 4: Dreamcatchers. Life lessons / Jade Willoughby; title: Adventure in art / Ruthie, Sierra, Chamisa and Santana Edd; title: Reunited / Sharai Mustatia; title: The road to the red carpet / Michelle Thrush; title: Tips from the musical trenches / Conlin Delbaere-Sawchuk; title: Idle no more / Kelli Clifton, Raquel Simard, Kris Statnyk; title: Salish geek / Jeffrey Veregge; title: First nation flavor / Aaron Joseph Bear Robe; title: Hoop breaking / James Jones; title: Grad: just the beginning / Tenille Campbell; title: Weaving dreams / Patricia Stein.