POETRY
COVER:
A
WORKING GIRL'S NIGHTMARE
The Murdered and Missing
Women of Skid Row
BIOGRAPHY:
Marko
Kane
Metis
born but raised by an adoptive working-class white father and three different
step-mothers...
Edith
Josie
HERE ARE THE NEWS
OLD CROW
Matthew
Coon Come
was elected the
new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations...
HUMOUR: Bee in the Bonnet
Elders
Know Which Way the Wind Blows
When they first
coined the phrase "Been there, done that!" there had already
been an old native there ...
Splapp
The legend of Splapp is an old
Indian story...
Smart Pills
Hopefully this is the generation that finally gets
it ... Never bring bows and arrows to a gun fight!
Sorry I'm Late ... I'm On Indian Time
Are you always
late for appointments? Have you ever been on time to pick someone up?
CULTURE:
Manitoba
Gang Members' Trial Moving at a Snail Pace
In legal parlance
it is known as the Queen v. Pangman et al...
POETRY:
Curses
Hay
Nursery
HISTORY:
Oka
Crisis
A decade later,
the 82-year-old woman hasn't forgotten the clamour of a hot, angry summer
afternoon...
POLITICS:
Phil
Fontaine
Three years ago,
when Phil Fontaine strode confidently in to the Assembly of First Nations'
national conference...
Matthew
Coon Responds to the Burnt Church Crisis
Exactly six years
ago, on September 6, 1995, Dudley George was shot and killed for defending
his land at Ipperwash Park in Ontario...
Curses
An insidious poison
coursing all through veins,
a maddening inferno is this feverish pitch.
Lying awake still there are dreams,
of searing, grasping, aching flames.
Old ghosts greet haunting memory,
further fueling this loathsome state.
Tossing, turning soon to be day-break,
get up & pace still no escape.
Having been stricken before & to think,
immunities should halt this venomous beast.
Yet still it continues to race,
reaching for the heart it does not hesitate.
Rancid hands soon take hold,
ensuing battle will unfold,
To the victor what will it be?
Breaking fever or continued misery.
Should it be the latter I am only Cupids jest I fear,
losing another I hold dear.