THEY DIDN’T KNOW WE WERE SEEDS

Louise Halfe Saskatoon Area, SK

Louise is an award-winning Cree poet. Her Cree name means Sky Dancer. When I visited her rural home to interview her, we chatted, but did not speak about her residential school expe- rience. When I left, I took one of her poetry books with me. Her experience spills out in her poetry. It was within the pages of that book that I found the heart-breaking text included in Louise’s portrait.

“My grades were below my belt”

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