River Woman Teacher Resource Sam McKegney

Sam McKegney

This book is also available in Plains Cree

During the last years of Apphia's life Rhoda and Sandra began working to reconnect to their traditional culture and learn the art of making traditional skin clothing

Cultural Heritage and Representation

They part on land that was a vital location for Indigenous Peoples but these folks are hopelessly unaware of such connections

River Woman Teacher Resource Sam McKegneyriver woman is a collection of poems by Mtis author Katherena Vermette, the Governor General's award winning novelist and poet. Inspired by the famed geographic location of the Red River, the collection is divided into three sections: black river, red river, and an other story. Lines are simple and short expressing the poets relationship with the land and water. In the poem about New Years 2013 we find party goers at the famed corner Portage and Main