Lazara Press, a progressive publishing house in Vancouver, Canada » Jacqueline Oker http://lazarapress.ca A progressive publishing house based in Vancouver, Canada Sun, 30 May 2010 20:24:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Remember Jacqueline Oker http://lazarapress.ca/books/broadsides/remember-by-jacqueline-oker/ http://lazarapress.ca/books/broadsides/remember-by-jacqueline-oker/#comments Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:25:04 +0000 Penny http://lazarapress.ca/books/broadsides/remember-by-jacqueline-oker remember

Oker is a Beaver Indian from Peterson Crossing, British Columbia.

“Remember” is a poignant and timely poem about growing up in a residential school, and about how white society is now encouraging her to reclaim her culture:

How can I,
I replied.
You pounded these sinful ways out of me
Remember?

Broadside
Illustration by Russell Teed
Designed by Elaine Littmann
8 1/2 x 14
$5.00
1996

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