Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - "How to Steal a Canoe"

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg artist, musician, poet and writer, who has been widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation.
"How to Steal A Canoe" is a song that on the one hand tells the story of a young Nishnaabeg woman and an old Nishnaabeg man rescuing a canoe from a museum and returning it to the lake it was meant to be with, and on a deeper level, of stealing back the precious parts of us, that were always ours in the first place.
Her new album, f(l)ight, is a haunting collection of story-songs that effortlessly interweave Simpson’s complex poetics and multi-layered stories of the land, spirit, and body with lush acoustic and electronic arrangements, and claims a unique space in contemporary Indigenous music and performance.
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[@coraldelaluna]

to heal you have to grieve. kwe is a healer. thank you. I know all the stolen canoes can return home, to the waters they once floated through.

[@francismay821]

if I may... for me, Betasamosake speaks of pain. Unimaginable pain. And release. ulmaita'suaqan

[@SpenserRoger]

I was googling the word zhaganash and an article about this song and album popped up. I dunno why but I can't read or listen about these subjects without being brought to tears today.

[@elizabethharvester6111]

Did you find out what zhaganash means?

[@thegrimmreader3649]

@@elizabethharvester6111 an english man

[@francismay821]

These words stir sleeping souls.

[@CorvoAttan0]

Amazing and all so beautiful ❤

[@iayanarael2315]

so good. so juste. merci. miigwetch. félicitations aussi.

[@thegrimmreader3649]

Thak you so much: this is amazing.

[@mstiglio36]

Nota lessicale dell’autrice: akiwenzie significa “persona anziana” zhaganash significa “persona non nativa" kwe significa “donna” in Anishinaabemowin o Ojibwe Come rubare una canoa (Mia traduzione in italiano) kwe è a piedi nudi sul pavimento di cemento sta cantando ad un deposito di canoe rubate corpi ammaccati pelli secche centine ferite rabbia disidratata akiwenzie dice: “è una prigione di canoe” la bianca corteccia di un albero va incisa e carezzata pelata e arrotolata e tagliata e cucita ed immersa e fatta galleggiare e navigata akiwenzie dice ” ah come siete orgogliosi della vostra collezione indiana. bel lavoro zhaganash, bel lavoro” kwe prega su quei vecchi pezzi, immerge le dita in una bottiglia d’acqua di plastica e spalma le gocce sulla chiglia di ciascuna canoa parole quiete dita bagnate dorsi bagnati akiwenzie e kwe guardano ogni canoa negli occhi una le mormora,”prendi quella giovane e scappa” kwe guada akiwenzie akiwenzie porta la salvia (1) dal custode e gli insegna come benedire i corpi delle canoe, il falso poliziotto si bea in un’innocente senso di importanza kwe prende quella giovane dalla rastrelliera e via sulle spalle la mette sul cassone e guida fino a Chemong la porta fuori fino in mezzo al lago l’affonda con sette pietre quanto basta per riempirla con il lago e bloccarla nell’acqua kwe le canta la canzone e lei le risponde corpi ammaccati pelli secche centine ferite rabbia disidratata kwe le canta la canzone e lei le risponde 1- Salvia (Indian sage) erba selvatica usata per “incensare” persone ed oggetti conferendo qualità protettive

[@sydneyyclarke]

hi, I have to watch this for a class I'm in, could you explain the meaning of this poem to me from the perspective of someone that's indigenous though I think that goes without saying

[@jaynebell2682]

Ki chi miigwetch.