I Lost My Talk
$13.95
Author: Rita Joe
Artist: Pauline Young
Category: Poetry, Art, Mi’kmaq
Level: Children, Young Readers
“One of Rita Joe’s most influential Poems, “I Lost My Talk,” illustrated for the first time for young readers, tells the revered Mi’kmaw Elder’s childhood story of losing her language while living at the residential school in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. An often quoted poem that has come to represent truth and reconciliation, Joe’s powerful words explore and celebrate the survival of Mi’kmaw culture and language despite its attempted eradication.”