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...
Hay
Hey! Hay now is for horses
& cows,
as well as things for me to throw around.
Though I be working through the hours of day into night,
I laugh to see a fellow man fall free,
for such is my grim delight!
To watch'em tumble from the stack 2, sometimes 3 stories high!
To witness such terror written in their eyes!
and to hear their breathe leave them upon impact,
as the person lands heavily making an audible crack!
Oh, but the poor souls sorrow is not over yet,
for soon bails plummet, abraising leg, neck, & head!
However merciless please share my mirth,
because twice I've toppled downward,
due to my opulent girth!