Unearthing Secrets, Gathering Truths Military History The powwow grounds

The powwow grounds

Fish River Cree and Peguis First Nation

and the desire to achieve greatness in spite of the obstacles and barriers inherent in a life lived on the fringes

This volume includes maps

In the section on tools and utensils

Unearthing Secrets, Gathering Truths Military History The powwow groundsUnearthing Secrets Gathering Truths is the first book of poetry by Jules Arita Koostachin, Attawapiskat First Nation member. This work is divided into four parts: InNiNeWak (Human Beings), WiKwam (Home), MiTeWin (Dreams) and IsKweWak (Cree Womyn). The poems reflect life, voice, spirit world, mothers, freedom, truth and love seen through the eyes of an Indigenous woman. Through the process of the poems, which were a twenty year journey, she finds the