By: Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith Let my words Bleed From the pages They touch Let the words Seep through The pages And leave Their mark

By: Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith Alone, in a corner I sit The tears roll down my face My body shakes with anger My body shakes with the memories of my painful past My stomach is in knots My fists are clenched My screams go unheard Pain shows on my face but the anger is kept on…

Review-Read, Listen, Tell Indigenous Stories from Turtle Island Edited by Sophie McCall, Deanna Reder, David Gaertner and Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill Reviewed By: Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith Read, Listen, Tell is an anthology of short stories written by Indigenous authors from all over Turtle Island (North America). Each story told in this compilation are unique in the…

Once again a jury has found a white man not guilty of second degree murder. This time  of a 15 year old Indigenous girl in Winnipeg-Tina Fontaine. This is the second time in less than two weeks that juries have deliberated and found a white man not guilty of the murder of an Indigenous youth-the…

Standing On Barren Land By: Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith Substandard housing Concrete floors These are not Warehouses Yellow lighting Bulbs burnt out Hanging from cords I squint Unseeing Winds whistling through Rushed buildings Down to the foundations Flood prone lands That threaten to Displace Inmates huddled Behind Treaty walls While empowered eyes Dissect and disgrace 2012

By: Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith Racism is defined as “the unequal treatment of a population group purely because of its possession of physical or characteristics socially defined as denoting a particular race. Racism is the deterministic belief system which sustains racialism, linking these characteristics with negatively valued social, psychological, or physical traits” (5 Satzewich) Canada is…

By: Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith It’s when Eve is getting dressed or after every shower that she is faced with something she doesn’t want to see. It’s something she’ll have for the rest of her life while on this earthly realm, but then again, once she dies, no one will really care about this scar that…