The Crooked Good Syilx/Okanagan En commençant par la recherche

En commençant par la recherche de l’arbre idéal dans la forêt jusqu’ au premier voyage du canot complété

the establishment of residential schools and the development of reserves disrupted Nuu-chah-nulth culture notwithstanding their continuing work for self-determination today

while recreating a known social context in which existing knowledge of the land may be effectively shared and acted upon

and Joe Starr Haisla (Kitamaat)

This book is illustrated by Ali Hinch

The Crooked Good Syilx/Okanagan En commençant par la rechercheLouise Bernice Halfe, whose Cree name is Sky Dancer, was born in Two Hills, Alberta. She was raised on the Saddle Lake Indian Reserve and attended Blue Quills Residential School. Poetic tales that unfold through the voice of kwskt, Turn Around Womantales imbued with vital themes of Indigenous experience: culture, language, colonialism, residential schools and more. The poems of The Crooked Good are threaded throughout with words, phrases and verses in