nipê wânîn: askîy iyinîsiwin acâhkowin

This creative thesis is written in nêhiyawêwin (Cree) and English. It explores the skill of storytelling in Cree culture and examines how that can be done through poetry. The collection of poems is a story about the experiences and beliefs of an Indigenous woman, mother, student, teacher, daughter. This thesis is broken into three thematic sections: “acâhk” (spirit), “niya” (me), and “askiy” (land). Each section contains a series of poems that delves into the teachings shared by elders, parents, and grandparents. Three themes are braided into each poem – relationality, nêhiyaw worldview, and personal experience.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Writing

Grantor

University of Saskatchewan

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Lafond, Mika

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Lynes, Jeanette

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Bidwell, Kristina
• Settee, Priscilla
• Van Styvendale, Nancy

• poetry
• cree
• poems
• nêhiyawêwin

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2014-06-1606

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:harvest.usask.ca:10388/ETD-2014-06-1606