Nauetakuan, a Silence for a Noise Gratitude Ray Young Bear

Ray Young Bear

She now cares for her twenty children

the Idle No More movement

Born into an Odawa family in Michigan in 1932

Nauetakuan, a Silence for a Noise Gratitude Ray Young BearNatasha Kanap Fontaine is an Innu writer, poet and interdisciplinary artist from Pessamit, on the Nitassinan (North Shore, Quebec). She lives in Tio'tia: ke, known as Montreal. Her critically acclaimed poetry and essays are widely taught and have been translated into several languages. In 2017, she received the Rights and Freedoms Award for her poetry and contribution to bringing people closer through art, writing, performance, dialogue, respect, and