TY  - BOOK
AU  - Episkenew,Jo-Ann
TI  - Taking back our spirits: indigenous literature, public policy, and healing 
SN  - 9780887553684
AV  - PR9185 .T355 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Winnipeg, Manitoba
PB  - University of Manitoba Press
KW  - Indigenous peoples
KW  - Canada
KW  - Government relations
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Healing in literature
KW  - Canadian literature
KW  - Indian authors
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Métis authors
KW  - Canadian literature (English)
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Myth, policy, and health --; Policies of devastation --; Personal stories, healing stories --; Moving beyond the personal myth --; Theatre that heals wounded communities --; Final thoughts, future directions; 2; b
N2  - "From the earliest settler policies to deal with the 'Indian problem, ' to contemporary government-run programs ostensibly designed to help Indigenous people, public policy has played a major role in creating the historical trauma that so greatly impacts the lives of Canada's Indigenous peoples. Taking Back Our Spirits traces the links between Canadian public policies, the injuries they have inflicted on Indigenous people, and the role of Indigenous literature in healing individuals and communities. Episkenew examines contemporary autobiography, fiction, and drama to reveal how these texts respond to and critique public policy, and how literature functions as 'medicine' to help cure the colonial contagion."--Provided by publisher
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