Ndè Sı̀ı̀ Wet'aɂà Northern Indigenous Voices on Land,
Life & Art is 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, Sahtú, Dehcho, Tlı̨chǫ, Saysi, Kaska, Dënesųliné,
Wıìlıìdeh) Inuit, Alutiiq, Inuvialuit, Métis, Nêhiyawak (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 Wıìlıìdeh 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'áncháy Redvers (Fireweed), Antione Mountain (From Bear Rock
Mountain), Glen Coulthard (Red Skin, White Masks), Katlįà Lafferty
(Northern Wildflower, Land-Water-Sky, and Lianne Marie Leda Charlie,
in amongst the best emerging writers in the north.