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Helene Berman

and the teachings of the Four Directions

and problem-solving the beginning

for their land

For The Children Metis examined the papers of theFor the Children is the newly published posthumous book of poetry by renowned Mi'kmaw poet Rita Joe (1932 2007). The publisher, Breton Books, collected previously published poems and more recent poems that were written when illness entered Rita Joe's life. Black ink woodcuts of animals drawn by Burland Murphy are included throughout the volume. Rita Joe was born in Wycocomagh, Cape Breton Island and attended Shubenacadie Indian Residential School. Her