The Sky Watched : Poems of Ojibwe Lives / Linda LeGarde Grover.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grover, Linda LeGarde, author.

Language:

English

Ojibwa

Subjects (All):

Ojibwa Indians--Poetry.

Ojibwa Indians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]

Summary:

"A collective memoir in poetry of an Ojibwe family and tribal community, from creation myth to this day, updated with new poems. Reaching from the moment of creation to the cry of a newborn, The Sky Watched gives poetic voice to Ojibwe family life. In English and Ojibwe, those assembled here-voices of history, of memory and experience, of children and elders, Indian boarding school students, tribal storytellers, and the Manidoog, the unseen beings who surround our lives-come together to create a collective memoir in poetry as expansive and particular as the starry sky.This world unfolds in the manner of traditional Ojibwe storytelling, shaped by the seasons and the stages of life, marking the significance of the number four in the Ojibwe worldview. Summoning spiritual and natural lore, award-winning poet and scholar Linda LeGarde Grover follows the story of a family, a tribe, and a people through historical ruptures and through intimate troubles and joys-from the sundering of Ojibwe people from their land and culture to singular horrors like the massacre at Wounded Knee to personal trauma suffered at Indian boarding schools. Threaded throughout are the tribal traditions and knowledge that sustain a family and a people through hardship and turmoil, passed from generation to generation, coming together in the manifold power and beauty of the poet's voice"-- Provided by publisher.

"Reaching from the moment of creation to a newborn's cry, The Sky Watched gives poetic voice to Ojibwe family life. In English and Ojibwe, those assembled here--voices of history, of memory and experience, of children and elders, and the Manidoog, the unseen beings who surround our lives--create a collective memoir in poetry as expansive and particular as the starry sky"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I. Oshkabinoojiinh awi

II. Abinoojiinh awi

III. Anishinaabewi

IV. Gichi-Anishinaabewi.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

"This edition of The Sky Watched, which was first published by Red Mountain Press in 2016, is a revised and expanded collective memoir in poetry of Anishinaabe/Ojibwe people of the western Great Lakes regions"--Preface.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Grover, Linda LeGarde The Sky Watched

ISBN:

9781452968292

OCLC:

1344158855