I Lost My Talk Literature Phillip Borell

Phillip Borell

Guest curated by Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee)

Mark Bellcourt

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I Lost My Talk Literature Phillip BorellI Lost My Talk is one of Rita Joe's most influential poems and tells this Mi'kmaw Elder's story of losing her Mikmaw language while at residential school in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. The vivid and colour illustrations are by Mi'kmaw artist Pauline Young and compliment the poem beautifully. This poem is directed at those who took Rita Joes talk away when she was a little girl replacing her language with their own and in asking to find her talk again