Julie Pellisier-Lush – Mi'kmaq Writer from Prince Edward Island

March of the Crows 2017

I am going to add this here, as it is not Legends and it is not writing, but it was so much fun being the “Queen of the Crows” for this amazing event! It started way back in 2017, and I enjoyed every minute of it, including making crow coats for my whole family!
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Native Aboriginal Women’s Association of Canada-AGA 2012

In Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on August 24, 25, 26, Aboriginal Women representing all of their regions all across Canada gathered for the Annual General Assembly. Most of us flew in on Friday evening and we registered and got our voting cards. Soon it was bedtime and had a few minutes to look through the registration package…
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Mi’kmaq Legends Project

Mi`kmaq Legends This amazing play had the opening show in October 2011 at the Murphy’s Centre in Charlottetown!! “I enjoyed it so much!!! I think, what a wonderful opportunity for the youth!! I think we have future “Oscar” winners.. And the set was the most awesome creation I have see in a long time!!!…
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POST 27 – Why We Take a Stand

POST 27 – Why We Take a Stand I was doing some thinking on the Day of Action coming up… and I came up with some of the base issues I see that are ongoing and unfortunately the solutions seem so far away. This isn’t a poem with answers… just maybe some of the questions…
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POST 26 – The House that was a Home

POST 26 – The House that was a Home This is the a Poem of the Green house, the place I feel where I was close to my Mom. Everyone has a place that they can think of in their mind, the place that is the whole vision of themselves when they were little. This…
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POST 25 – The Drummer

POST 25 – The Drummer Last weekend was an amazing Pow wow held by the Native Council of PEI. They had lots of dancers and drummers. It made me think and on the way home I started this poem, The Drummer. They fill our events with music and some of them are also amazing teachers. …
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POST 24 – The Baby Within

POST 24 – The Baby Within This poem is for the pregnant women out there. It is not about the people around them, but the new life within them. Having a new life inside your womb is the most amazing experience, and if I had my time back would definitely have done it more than three…
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POST 23 – Lost Mi’kmaq Graves in PEI

POST 23 – Lost Mi’kmaq Graves in PEI This poem is written about an unknown group of about 6-8 graves of Mi’kmaq people up in the Eastern part of PEI. It was just by chance that I heard this story and went up to investigate. In a small grove of trees these graves have been…
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POST 22 – Children Lost

POST 22 – Children Lost Now this one as I said came to me yesterday when I was working on my pine cone poem, it is about the children in the last few decades that were adopted out under duress. Many stories I’ve heard about this are heart wrenching, with the young Mothers being told the child…
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POST 21 – The Pine Cone

POST 21 – The Pine Cone Today the kids came in with a little pine cone and asked me what it was. I took them outside and showed them the big Pine Tree in our yard and started thinking… wow like this wee little pine cone, these kids are going to grow and grow and…
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