For The Children Honesty If they are to have

If they are to have any hope of recovering Wàbananang

they are published and made available in Nahkawewin or Saulteaux

Drawing strongly from Muskogee tradition

Nibi is Water

For The Children Honesty If they are to haveFor the Children is the newly published posthumous book of poetry by renowned Mi'kmaw poet Rita Joe (1932 2007). The publisher, Breton Books, collected previously published poems and more recent poems that were written when illness entered Rita Joe's life. Black ink woodcuts of animals drawn by Burland Murphy are included throughout the volume. Rita Joe was born in Wycocomagh, Cape Breton Island and attended Shubenacadie Indian Residential School. Her