Posts by chrissymiskonoodinkwesmith
NO JUSTICE NO PEACE
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…
Read MorePoetry- Standing on Barren Land
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
Read MoreRacism and Colton Boushie-When Does it Stop
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…
Read More13th Annual Strawberry Ceremony
By: Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith Toronto: On Wednesday February 14, 2018, the 13th Annual Strawberry Ceremony was held at Toronto Police Headquarters. The event is a way for community members and non Indigenous allies to gather and honour Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans and Two-Spirit people who have died violent and premature deaths. As the sounds…
Read MoreA Flash Fiction Story: Scars
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…
Read MoreShort Story- A Different World
A Different World: By: Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith The gentle breeze wraps around me like a shawl here on the shores of Lake Simcoe. Not a soul in sight. Birds chirp on occasion, and two mallards float by. I am lost in thought. Nothing disturbs me, not even the occasional car that…
Read MoreReview of LaRose by Louise Erdrich
Book Review- LaRose by Louise Erdrich Reviewed by Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith LaRose is a fiction novel that grabs you from the first page and from thereon it is hard to put down. The main character Landreaux Irons is hunting on the borders of his land in the late summer of 1999 in North Dakota,…
Read MoreThe Journey Begins
By Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith Welcome to my new blog! I hope that this blog will grow and be as popular as my one that I previously had at blogspot.com. I decided to challenge myself with a new blog and a new look for the new year. Please feel free to contact me if you…
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