#leemaracle

[urbannativegirl]

“If you have hard truths to offer up to someone make sure the voice is soft, the language beautiful and that you protect the dignity of the other. When the storm clears, make sure you all see sunshine.”

~ Sto:lo Author Lee Maracle

[jeannekwong]

Found out the #readehthon is starting Aug 3rd. I Am Woman by #leemaracle is my pick for a book by an #indigenousauthor I also have two other books by her. #essays #feminism #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CDZpIzupcDS/?igshid=78y9pmlef41h

[knifeforkbook]

LEE MARACLE

Hope Matters 

Photo: KIRBY

[knifeforkbook]

LEE MARACLE + COLUMPA BOBB

HOPE MATTERS

Photo: KIRBY

[urbannativegirl]

I vowed to avenge my womanhood, my youth. When I as through, a trail of broken white boys would be strewn behind me, bewildered by the extraction of their affection and the bareness of my heart ... I intended to saturate myself with their pain and expunge my own. It didn't work. I do not know if I ever really thought it would. By the time I was seventeen, the only thing I was soaked with was an overwhelming desire to stop the show.

 Lee Maracle, ‘I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism’ (49, 51)

[urbannativegirl]

We must and will have women leaders among us. Native women are going to raise the roof and decry the dirty house which patriarchy and racism have built on our backs.

Lee Maracle, ‘I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism’ (22)

[urbannativegirl]

Like miners in a shaft we are weighed down by the oppressive dirt which colonialism has heaped upon us. Unlike with miners, the dirt is heaped upon us deliberately and no one is terribly interested in removing the load - including ourselves.

Lee Maracle, ‘I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism’ (11)

[wluindigenous]

Lee Maracle Talk at Laurier University

  On Monday March 15th  Laurier’s SAGE Nest was pleased to host Indigenous writer and scholar Lee Maracle, a well-respected author, for an informal gathering with Indigenous graduate students. The gathering was held at the Aboriginal Student Centre in Waterloo. Maracle imparted valuable advice and guidance for all who attended, particularly in the areas of writing and support from an Indigenous framework.

Fifteen people came out for an intimate discussion with the opportunity to ask questions and engage in dialogue with Maracle. Evaluations by attendees from the event overwhelmingly reflected the talk was a powerful and inspirational opportunity to learn through storytelling. This event provided the academic and social support through storytelling, guidance and sharing experiences for all who attended, where attendees were eager to have the opportunity to learn from more Indigenous writers and scholars in the future.