A steady brightness of being : truths, wisdom, and love from celebrated Indigenous voices / edited by Sara Sinclair & Stephanie Sinclair.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sinclair, Sara, editor.

Sinclair, Stephanie (Stephanie L.), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Canada.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--Canada--Ethnic identity.

Indigenous peoples--Canada--Social conditions.

Genre:

personal correspondence.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

182 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Canada, 2025.

Summary:

"Drawing on the wisdom and personal experience of its esteemed contributors, this first-of-its-kind anthology tackles complex questions of our times to provide a rich tapestry of Indigenous life, past, present, and future. The letters explore the histories that have brought us to this moment, the challenges and crises faced by present-day communities, and the visions that will lead us to a new architecture for thinking about Indigeneity. Taking its structure from the medicine bundle--tobacco, sage, cedar, and sweetgrass--it will stir and empower readers, as well as enrich an essential and ongoing conversation about what reconciliation looks like and what it means to be Indigenous today"-- Publisher's description.

Contents:

To Indians Now and Forever Surviving / Terese Marie Mailhot

Army of Ancestors / Tamara Podemski

Dear Boreal Forest / Billy-Ray Belcourt

Dear Relative / Wab Kinew

Bless Our Ancestors / Richard Van Camp

Letter to Clouds / Warren Cariou

Dear Canada / Niigaan Sinclair

Shoot, Shovel, and Shut Up / Joshua Whitehead

Dear You... You Poor Bastard / Simon Moya-Smith

Dreaming, Listening, Belonging / Jesse Wente

To My Ancestors... / Cindy Blackstock

Dear Students / Kent Monkman

Learning from the Past / David A. Robertson

A Letter to My Brother... / David Treuer

To the Future Ancestors / Miss Chief Eagle Testickle

Dear William / Zoe Todd

Dear Allies / Jennifer Grenz

Remember, We Are Warriors / Pamela Palmater

Braids / Kyle Edwards

Dear Kokum / Jessica Johns

To My Sons, James and Spencer / Jon Hickey

Dear Margaret / Norma Dunning

A Supposedly Impossible Shot... / Cody Caetano

mamere / katherena vermette

To My Great-Great-Grandchildren / Waubgeshig Rice.

Contains:

Container of: Belcourt, Billy-Ray. Dear boreal forest.

Container of: Blackstock, Cindy. To my ancestors...

Container of: Caetano, Cody. A supposedly impossible shot...

Container of: Cariou, Warren, 1966- Letter to clouds.

Container of: Dunning, Norma. Dear Margaret.

Container of: Edwards, Kyle. Braids.

Container of: Grenz, Jennifer. Dear allies.

Container of: Hickey, Jon, 1981- To my sons, James and Spencer.

Container of: Johns, Jessica. Dear Kokum.

Container of: Kinew, Wab, 1981- Dear relative.

Container of: Mailhot, Terese Marie. To Indians now and forever surviving.

Container of: Monkman, Kent. To the future ancestors.

Container of: Moya-Smith, Simon. Dear you...you poor bastard.

Container of: Palmater, Pamela D. (Pamela Doris), 1970- Remember, we are warriors.

Container of: Podemski, Tamara. Army of ancestors.

Container of: Rice, Waubgeshig, 1979- To my great-great-grandchildren.

Container of: Robertson, David, 1977- Learning from the past.

Container of: Sinclair, Niigaanwewidam James. Dear Canada.

Container of: Todd, Zoe, 1983- Dear William.

Container of: Treuer, David. A letter to my brother...

Container of: Van Camp, Richard. Bless our ancestors.

Container of: Vermette, Katherena, 1977- Mamere.

Container of: Wente, Jesse. Dreaming, listening, belonging.

Container of: Whitehead, Joshua (Writer). Shoot, shovel, and shut up.

Other Format:

Online version: A steady brightness of being.

ISBN:

9780735250369

0735250367

OCLC:

1475274415

Publisher Number:

90102672513