#NotYourPrincess

Lisa Charleyboy (Tsilhqot'in) is Editor-In-Chief of Urban Native Magazine, which focuses on pop culture with an Indigenous twist. She is also the host of CBC Radio’s New Fire. She lives in Vancouver. Mary Beth Leatherdale writes, edits, and consults on books, magazines, and digital resources for children and youth.

• OPENING POEM shawl of memory’s embraceby Clear Wind Blows Over The Moon (Cree, Innu-Montagnais, Dene, Metis)Section 1 – The Ties That Bind UsPOEMTearby Linda Hogan (Chickasaw)SHORT ESSAYBlankets of Shameby Maria Campbell (Metis)POEMtwo braidsRosanna Deerchild (Cree)ARTApsáalooke Feminist seriesBy Wendy Red Star (Crow)SHORT ESSAY Native American Women — The Original FeministsBy Nahanni Fontaine (Anishinaabe)ARTThe Side Dancer’s GiftMarika Echachis Swan (Tla-oqui-aht Nation)SPOKEN WORDLeaksby Leanne Simpson (Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg)VISUAL SCRAPBOOKMy Grandmother SophiaBy Saige Mukash (Cree)Section 2 – It Could Have Been MePROSE POEMFallingBy Natanya Ann Pulley (Navajo)SPOKEN WORDWhen Angels Speak of LoveTanaya Winder (Southern Ute, Duckwater Shoshone, Pyramid Lake PaluteART Nitewake:non “the place where I come from” Melissa General (Mohawk/Oneida) POEMShe is ridingJoanne Arnott (Metis) ARTOn the Red RoadBy Dana Claxton (Hunkpapa Lakota) SPOKEN WORDThe Things We Taught Our DaughtersBy Helen Knott (Dana Zaa /Cree) MEMOIRFreedom in the FogBy Zondra Roy (Cree/Dene/Metis) VISUAL SCRAPBOOKIt Could Have Been MeBy Patricia Stonefish (Lakota) Section 3: I Am Not Your PrincessPOEMA Conversation with a Massage TherapistBy Francine Cunningham (Cree/ Metis) PHOTO SERIESThe Invisible IndiansBy Shelby Lisk (Mohawk from Tyendinaga) SPOKEN WORDGrey OwlBy Winona Linn (Meskwaki) ESSAYWhat’s there to take back? Tiffany Midge (Standing Rock Sioux)POEMStereotype ThisMelanie Fey (Dine) ARTReal NDNZPamela J. Peters (Navajo) VISUAL SCRAPBOOKI Am the Only American IndianBy Cecelia Rose LaPointe (Ojibway/Metis) Section 4: PathfindersPOEMWhen I have a Daughterby Ntawnis Piapot (Piapot Cree Nation) PROFILEDefender of Mother EarthTeen Activist Anna Lee Rain YellowhammerTWITTER COLLAGEVariousGRAPHIC NOVELFala Elizabeth LaPensee (Metis) INTERVIEW Dr. Janet Smylie (Metis) PHOTO ESSAY Living Their Dreams — Native American AthletesSPOKEN WORDEtuaptmumk Rebecca Thomas (Miq’mak) VISUAL SCRAPBOOKDear Past SelfIsabelle RilispipeCLOSING POEMLittle SisterTasha SpilletEXCERPTInclude description of excerpt e.g. ‘Chapter 1’, Introduction, Foreword, etc.