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NotYourPrincess
''#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women'' is a 2017 young adult anthology edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale, and published by Annick Press. The content is by multiple contemporary artists from North America and Canada. It received the American Indian Youth Literature Award and Norma Fleck Award in 2018. Themes The book contains poems, essays, and art about what it is like to be an indigenous woman or girl. The work has broad themes of sexual and drug abuse, discrimination, and silence. Authors * Claire Anderson (Tlingit) *Joanne Arnott (Métis) *Gwen Benaway (Anishinaabe/Métis) * Nathalie Bertin (Métis) * September Big Crow (Tsuu T'ina Nation) *Maria Campbell (Metis) * Imajyn Cardinal (Cree/Dene) * Adrianne Chalepah (Kiowa/Apache) * Lianne Charlie (Tagé Cho Hudän) *Dana Claxton (Hunkpapa Lakota) *Francine Cunningham (Cree/Métis) * Jessica Deer (Mohawk) * Rosanna Deerchild (Cree) * Kelly Edzerza-Bapty (Tahltan) * Melanie Fey (Diné) * I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Beth Leatherdale
Mary Beth Leatherdale is a Canadian author and storyteller. Early life and education Leatherdale grew up in Ridgetown. Leatherdale received a bachelor's degree in visual arts from the University of Western Ontario, followed by a Master of Education from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Career In 2018, Leatherdale was the International Board on Books for Young People Canada president, during which time she co-chaired a project to increase the number of children's books by Indigenous authors held in Canadian libraries. Awards and honors ''Dreaming in Indian'' is a 2015 White Ravens book. ''NotYourPrincess, #NotYourPrincess'' is a Amelia Bloomer Book. ''Kirkus Reviews'' and ''Quill & Quire included it on their list of the best books of 2017. Chicago Public Library included ''Stormy Seas'' on their "Best Informational Books for Older Readers of 2017" list. ''Booklist'' included it on their 2017 "Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Charleyboy
Lisa Charleyboy is a First Nations ( Tsilhqot’in) writer, storyteller, editor, and social entrepreneur. She is the editor-in-chief of ''Urban Native Magazine'', which focuses on popular culture from an Indigenous perspective. She makes frequent appearances on radio and television, promoting her magazine and giving her opinion on current Aboriginal issues in Canada. Charleyboy has said in interviews that she considers herself a feminist and that she wants to provide positive representations of Aboriginal people in her magazine. Charleyboy has written about cultural appropriation, popular culture, and politics, and has been named one of Toronto’s Top Bloggers and one of Canada’s Top Ten Fashion Bloggers. In 2013, she was named by ''Huffington Post'' as one of three Aboriginal millennials to watch, and recommended for a Toronto DiverseCity Fellowship for 2013-2014. Early life and education Charleyboy moved from Abbotsford, British Columbia to Toronto to attend Ryerson University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Campbell
Maria Campbell (born April 26, 1940 near Park Valley, Saskatchewan) is a Métis author, playwright, broadcaster, filmmaker, and Elder. Campbell is a fluent speaker of four languages: Cree, Michif, Western Ojibwa, and English. Four of her published works have been published in eight countries and translated into four other languages (German, Chinese, French, Italian). Campbell has had great influence in her community as she is very politically involved in activism and social movements. Campbell is well known for being the author of ''Halfbreed'', a memoir describing her own experiences as a Métis woman in society and the difficulties she has faced, which are commonly faced by many other women both within and outside of her community. Background Campbell is the oldest of eight children, and had to drop out of school to care for her siblings when her mother died. She moved to Vancouver at age fifteen, but returned to Saskatchewan in her twenties and became an organizer in her com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosanna Deerchild
Rosanna Deerchild is a Canadian Cree writer, poet and radio host. She is best known as host of the radio program ''Unreserved'' on CBC Radio One, a show that shares the music, cultures, and stories from indigenous people across Canada, from 2014 to 2020. With CBC Radio One, she has hosted two other shows; The (204) and the Weekend Morning Show. She has also appeared on CBC Radio's DNTO. She has been on various other media networks: APTN, Global Television Network, and Native Communications (NCI-FM). Deerchild originates from South Indian Lake, Manitoba (Now called O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation). She now lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 2018 she was able to accomplish one of her dreams, which was to be an emcee in a powwow. She left ''Unreserved'' in 2020 to host a new podcast series on indigenous history for the CBC, and was succeeded as host of ''Unreserved'' by Falen Johnson. In 2022 she is slated to have her first acting role, as a recurring character in the television sitco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francine Cunningham
Francine Cunningham (born 1984) is an Indigenous writer, artist, and educator. She is Cree and Métis. Her debut novel, ''On/Me'', was nominated for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, BC and Yukon Book Prize for The Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. as well as Indigenous Voices Awards, Indigenous Voices Award for a poetry book in English and was nominated for a 2021 City of Vancouver Book Award. Personal life Cunningham is originally from Calgary, Alberta. She currently lives in Vancouver, Strathmore, Alberta. She lived in Vancouver, British Columbia for over 15 years. Career Cunningham graduated from Keyano College with a diploma in Visual and Performing Arts with conservatory style training in acting. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. In 2014, She participated in the Indigenous Writing Studio at the Banff Arts Center and placed second in the Our Story: Aboriginal Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Indian Youth Literature Awards
The ''American Indian Library Association American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ... (AILA) awards'' are presented every two years to recognize the most outstanding contributions to children's literature by and about American Indians. The awards were established as a way to identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians. Books selected to receive the award will present American Indians in the fullness of their humanity in the present and past contexts. History The first American Indian Library Association American Indian Youth Literature Awards were presented during the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color in 2006. Criteria * Authors (for illustrated books, both author AND illustrator) must be recognized by the Native community of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma Fleck Award
The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction is a lucrative literary award founded in May 1999 by the Fleck Family Foundation and the Canadian Children's Book Centre, and presented to the year's best non-fiction book for a youth audience. Each year's winner receives CDN$10,000. The award is one of several presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre each year; others include the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award."Sask., Man. writers win for children's books" cbc.ca, November 11, 2010. Awards and winners 1999 *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Edzerza-Bapty
Kelly Edzerza-Bapty is a member of the Tāłtān Nation in Northwest British Columbia. Kelly is the founding principal of Obsidian Architecture, an Indigenous-owned and operated firm that specializes in architecture and design in the communities across British Columbia and the Yukon. She is the first Indigenous female architect from the Tāłtān Nation to achieve the Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) designation. Through her practice, Edzerza-Bapty focuses on Generational Architecture, a term that works towards "defining resilience and sustainability Indigenous lens". In addition to architectural work, Edzerza-Bapty is also the co-creator of ReMatriate, an organization that seeks to render Indigenous Women visibly empowered. Tāłtān Nation Edzerza-Bapty is a member of the Tāłtān Nation, stewards of the Stikine River">Stikine watershed that feeds the Pacific Ocean. The traditional and unceded land base accounts for 11.24 percent of British Columbia’s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwen Benaway
Gwen Benaway is Canadian poet and activist. As of October 2019, She was a PhD candidate in the Women & Gender Studies Institute at the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto. Benaway has also written non-fiction for ''The Globe and Mail'' and ''Maclean's''. Activism Benaway, who claims Anishinaabe and Métis descent, is a well known advocate for the rights of transgender Indigenous people. However, her claims to Indigenous identity have been called into question. She has spoken publicly about the healthcare system and transphobia. Benaway has said, ″I guess I can't tell the difference between living and writing, the social and the political, the body and the voice, the binary and the limitlessness of my heart. I'm trans, and by that I mean I'm beyond what the world can contain." Benaway was one of the most prominent activists against the Toronto Public Library's decision to allow the feminist writer Meghan Murphy and the Radical Feminists Unite group to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Claxton
Dana Claxton (born 1959) is a Hunkpapa Lakota filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist. Her work looks at stereotypes, historical context, and gender studies of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, specifically those of the First Nations. In 2007, she was awarded an Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. Background Heritage and early life Claxton's family are descendants of Sitting Bull's followers who escaped persecution by the U.S. Army in 1876 after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, heading to Canada. Growing up in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, she is the youngest of four siblings. Her family's reserve, Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation, is located in Southwest Saskatchewan. Teaching and video production Claxton co-founded the Indigenous Media Arts Group and has taught at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver. In 2003 she served as the Global Television Chair at the University of Regina where she taught at the school of journalism. In 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Rose LaPointe
Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for girls born that year), and the United States, where it has ranked among the top 500 names for girls for more than 100 years. It also ranked among the top 100 names for girls born in Sweden in the early years of the 21st century, and was formerly popular in France. The name "Cecilia" applied generally to Roman women who belonged to the plebeian clan of the Caecilii. Legends and hagiographies, mistaking it for a personal name, suggest fanciful etymologies. Among those cited by Chaucer in "The Second Nun's Tale" are: lily of heaven, the way for the blind, contemplation of heaven and the active life, as if lacking in blindness, and a heaven for people to gaze upon. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annick Press
Annick Press is a Canadian book publishing company that was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1975 by Anne Millyard and Rick Wilks. Rick Wilks became the sole owner in 2000. A second editorial office was opened in Vancouver by Colleen MacMillan in 1999. Annick Press publishes approximately thirty books of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults per year. Annick Press is a member of the Association of Canadian Publishers, the Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario, and IBBY Canada. It was recently made a part of the Canadian government's "Read Up On It" programme through Library and Archives Canada. Notable authors * Priscilla Galloway, children's book author, winner of the Bologna Ragazzi award in 2000 *K.V. Johansen, winner of the Ann Connor Brimer Award *Robert Munsch, a member of the Order of Canada and "Canada's best-selling author," who "sells more books than any other Canadian author every year". *Bill Richardson, winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
