(Re)Generation: The Poetry of Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm 2009 Kokum tells about the time

Kokum tells about the time all the girls had to wear similar black

Absolom Halkett

While investigating the fallen hero's death

But in the harsh realities of 1960s Canada

Christina Birdsall-Jones

(Re)Generation: The Poetry of Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm 2009 Kokum tells about the time(Re)Generation contains selected poetry by Anishinaabe writer Kateri Akiwenzie Damm exploring a range of issues. Akiwenzie Damm's afterword speaks to the relations and obligations Indigenous peoples have to one another and their other than human kin, as she reflects on the resilient work that Indigenous creative work has done and continues to do in spite of colonial violence. She stakes a claim for the necessity of poetry in the face of ongoing