Weweni: Poems in Anishinaabemowin and English Mi'kmaq Mihesuah first examines how American

Mihesuah first examines how American Indigenous women have been perceived and depicted by non-Natives

the Hampton Institute (Virginia)

Native and non-Native

a handsome young sacred clown

Weweni: Poems in Anishinaabemowin and English Mi'kmaq Mihesuah first examines how AmericanDepending on dialect, the Anishinaabemowin word "weweni" expresses thanks, exactitude, ease, and sincerity. In addition, the word for "relatives" is "nindenwemaaganag": those whose "enewewe," or voices, sound familiar. In Weweni, poet Margaret Noodin brings all of these meanings to bear in a unique bilingual collection. Noodins warm and perceptive poems were written first in the Modern Anishinaabemowin double vowel orthography and appear translated on