The Minor Odyssey of Lollie Heronfeathers Singer

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The Minor Odyssey of Lollie Heronfeathers Singer The Minor Odyssey of Lollie Heronfeathers Singer

Author: Lenny Everson

Category: Other

Published: 2011

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A sequence of poems tells of a Toronto woman's search for her aboriginal and Métis roots.When she turns forty-five, and Lollie becomes a divorced casualty of the modern age, she takes a trip to northern Ontario and Manitoba to search for her aboriginal and Métis heritage. This set of poems is based on her trip and her vision of an imaginary ancestor, Heron Feathers, She knows a bit of the history of the Cree, their migration to the prairies from the forest of Ontario, the coming of the French, and the attempt to found a Métis nation.