Mi’kmaw elder and writer Daniel Paul would like you to know these things about Rita Joe: she was a fine person and a woman who preached love and forgiveness as she didn’t believe in hate. | SaltWire
On Feb. 16, Eskasoni and the province will host a community celebration to honour the late poet Rita Joe. CONTRIBUTED - ContributedMi’kmaw elder and writer Daniel Paul would like you to know these things about Rita Joe: she was a fine person and a woman who preached love and forgiveness as she didn’t believe in hate.
Rita Joe lost her own mother when she was five, spending time in foster homes, and was eventually sent to Shubenacadie Residential School.Joe moved to Boston as a teenager, according to her Heritage Day biography. There, she met her husband Frank Joe and they raised a family of 10 children. “She was one of those people that changed our cultural landscape in Nova Scotia. She made native people more visible. She was like an ambassador of our people.”“She said, ‘We're all here to try to make this world a better place,’” Ann said.
Ann Joe poses at home in Eskasoni with a favourite photo of her mother, the late poet Rita Joe, whose poem"I Lost My Talk" was the inspiration for a symphonic production, complete with choreography and accompanying video, at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa in 2016. SaltWire file photo - Staff
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