Ndè Sı̀ı̀ Wet'aà: Northern Indigenous Voices on Land, Life, & Art

Ndè Sı̀ı̀ Wet'aɂà Northern Indigenous Voices on Land, Life & Artis a collection of essays, interviews, short stories, and poetry written by emerging and established northern Indigenous writers and artists. Centered on land, cultural practice and northern life, this ground-breaking collection shares wealth of Dene (Gwich'in, Saht? Dehcho, Tlı̨chǫ, Saysi, Kaska, D螚esųlin? Wı骴ı駤eh) Inuit, Alutiiq, Inuvialuit, M彋is, N璡iyawak (Cree), Northern Tutchone, and Tanana Athabascan creative brilliance. Ndè Sı̀ı̀ Wet'aɂà holds up the voices of women and Two-Spirit and Queer writers to create a chorus of voices reflecting a deep love of Indigenous cultures, languages, homelands, and the north.

The book includes a series of pieces and interviews from established northern artists and musicians including Leela Gilday, Randy Baillargeon (lead singer for the Wı骴ı駤eh Drummers), Inuit sisters, song-writers and throat singers Tiffany Ayalik and Inuksuk Mackay of Piqsiq, Two-Spirit Vuntut Gwitchin visual artist Jeneen Frei Njootli, Nunavik singer-songwriters Elisapie and Beatrice Deere and visual artist Camille Georgeson-Usher. Ndè Sı̀ı̀ Wet'aɂà also includes writing from well-known northern writers Siku Allooloo, T'嫕ch嫝 Redvers (Fireweed), Antione Mountain (From Bear Rock Mountain), Glen Coulthard (Red Skin, White Masks), Katlį?Lafferty (Northern Wildflower, Land-Water-Sky, and Lianne Marie Leda Charlie, in amongst the best emerging writers in the north.