In The Belly of a Laughing God: Humour and Irony in Native Women's Poetry Canada - History Native North American Art shows

Native North American Art shows how visual arts not only maintain the integrity of spiritual and social systems within Native North American and First Nations societies

to Canada and to the world

of the Beaver Clan of the Onondaga Nation reminds us of an ancient treaty

The chapter called Intruders and Defenders contains stories about significant human interactions that include the history of the Omushkego

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In The Belly of a Laughing God: Humour and Irony in Native Women's Poetry Canada - History Native North American Art showsIn the Belly of a Laughing God: Humour and Irony in Native Women's Poetry by Jennifer Andrews, professor in the Department of English at the University of New Brunswick, offers critical analysis of the works of eight cotemporary women poets. Joy Harjo, Jeannette Armstrong, Kimberly Blaeser, Louise Halfe, Diane Glancy, Marilyn Dumont, Wendy Rose, and Marie Annharte Baker use humour and irony within their poetry and the author sees their works as