*Shortlisted for two 2004 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Book of the Year and First Peoples' Publishing Through the healing medicine of language, Rita Bouvier leads the reader into the world of the Metis and Cree to experience firsthand the wisdom and generosity that she inherited in her birthright. Some of these poems are steeped in the tradition of the dramatic monologue, others are used as dialogue anchors to the rich oral traditions of First Nations people.