Cover
Dedication
Contents
Editors' Note
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Plays
Strength of Indian Women
Song of the Circle
Journey Through the Past to the Future
Echoes of Our Mothers' Past
Every Warrior's Song
Stories
That Grey Building
Theresa
The Letter
The Abyss
Poetry
The Storm
Woman Without a Tongue
Ghosts & Predators
L.A. Obsession Song
Addictions
Lies
Life Abuse of Girls
The Woman I Could Be
Fools
Loneliness
Abused Mothers, Wounded Fathers
Hunger
The Catholic Church
Deadly Legacy
Keeping Secrets
Forgiveness
When I First Came to Know Myself
When My Sister & I Dance
The Girl Who Could Catch Fish With Her Hands
Two Brothers
La Guerra
Keepers in the Dark
Inheritance
For the Child Who Knew
Never Ever Tell
Ottawa
The Truth About Colonization
Justice
Beric
Christmas Inside of Me
Spring Fever
Megcenetkwe
Dying
Afterwords
Photo Section
Narrative Acts of Truth and Reconciliation: Teaching the Healing Plays of Vera Manuel
Embedded Teachings: Vera Manuel's Recovered Short Stories
"Through Poetry a Community is Brought Together": Vera Manuel's Poetry, Poetry Activism, and Poetics
Appendix
Indians and Residential School: A Study of the Breakdown of a Culture
Notes
Bibliography