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Iskotew Iskwew: Poetry of a Northern Rez Girl is a poetry collection written during a period of trauma while the author was working as a statement taker and Counsel to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in 2017. This book portrays the author's lived experience as an Indigenous woman raised on the P
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Francine Merasty
Francine Merasty is a Nehithaw Iskwew (Cree Woman) from Wapawikoschikanek (Pelican Narrows), a reserve in Northern Saskatchewan. She is a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, a fluent Nehithaw speaker, and Legal Counsel and Executive Assistant to the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. Francine is a winner of the 2019 Indigenous Voices Awards. She currently lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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