A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy, and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin Wichita Poet Warrior reveals how Harjo

Poet Warrior reveals how Harjo came to write poetry of compassion and healing

she recounts her difficult childhood as the daughter of an army sergeant

giving the girl the confidence she needs to become a changemaker in the future

their voices

Daniel Glen Monkman

A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy, and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin Wichita Poet Warrior reveals how HarjoIn A Short History of the Blockade, award winning writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson uses Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg stories, storytelling aesthetics, and practices to explore the generative nature of Indigenous blockades through our relative, the beaveror in Nishnaabemowin, Amik. Moving through genres, shifting through time, amikwag stories become a lens for the life giving possibilities of dams and the world building possibilities of blockades,