Indians Don’t Cry: Gaawin Mawisiiwag Anishinaabeg

SKU: 9780887557699

Author:
George Kenny, Patricia A. Ningewance
Grade Levels:
Adult Education, College, University
Nation:
Ojibwe
Book Type:
Paperback
Pages:
190
Publisher:
University of Manitoba Press
Copyright Date:
2014

Price:
Sale price$24.95

Description

Indians Don't Cry: Gaawin Mawisiiwag Anishinaabeg is the second book in the First Voices, First Texts series, from the University of Manitoba Press, which publishes lost or underappreciated texts by Indigenous artists. This new bilingual (English and Ojibwe) edition of George Kenny's 1977 book, Indian Don't Cry, includes a translation of Kenny's poems and stories into Anishinaabemowin by Patricia M. Ningewance and an afterword by literary scholar Renate Eigenbrod. George Kenny is from Lac Seul First Nation in northwestern Ontario. He is currently completing a masters degree in Environmental Studies so that he can continue to write about the culture of Anishinaabe people of Lac Seul and the English River, the source of his creativity. Patricia M. Ningewance is an Anishinaabe translator from Lac Seul First Nation. She has more than thirty years' experience in language teaching, translation and media work.

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