Message Sticks: Tshissinuatshitakana

by Josephine Bacon

Translated from the French into English by Phyllis Aronoff.

This bilingual work (English and Innu-aimun) is an invitation to dialogue. Message sticks are the signs that allow the nomadic Innu to orient themselves inland and find their way. The poetry brings the language of the nutshimit (the back country) to life again, recalling the sound of the drum. Simple and beautiful, Jos?phine Bacon's poetry is an homage to the land, the ancestors,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1927494095
• ISBN13: 9781927494097
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Tsar Publications
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.6"