Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025): Inaugural Edition Canadian Journal of Indigenous Studies
Poetry

Beautiful Rebellion Feature

Kwantlen Artist Brandon Gabriel's interpretation of a bear

Published 2025-08-15

How to Cite

Bouvier, R. (2025). Beautiful Rebellion Feature . The Canadian Journal of Indigenous Studies , 1(1). https://doi.org/10.36939/cjis/vol1no1/art46

Abstract

Rita Bouvier is a Metis writer and educator from Saskatchewan. Her third book of poetry, nakamowin’sa for the seasons (Thistledown Press, 2015) was the 2016 Saskatchewan Book Awards winner of the Rasmussen, Rasmussen & Charowsky Aboriginal Peoples’ Writing Award. Rita’s poetry has appeared in literary anthologies, print and online journals, musicals, and television productions, and has been translated into Spanish, German and the Cree-Michif of her home community of sakitawak, ˆIle-`a-la-Crosse, situated on the historic trading and meeting grounds of Cree and Dene people.