Sôhkêyihta The Poetry of Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe Perseverance the Elders

the Elders

eager to trade with the new visitors in mistiwastiahko (Hudson’s Bay)

Kalaallit Nunaat

she writes about land

or repairing the wounds of their upbringing

Sôhkêyihta The Poetry of Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe Perseverance the EldersSince 1990, Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfes work has stood out as essential testimony to Indigenous experiences within the ongoing history of colonialism and the resilience of Indigenous storytellers. Shkyihta includes searing poems, written across the expanse of Halfes career, aimed at helping readers move forward from the darkness into a place of healing. Halfes own afterword is an evocative meditation on the Cree word shkyihta: Have courage. Be