Splexm
A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence
Published on 11. November 2021
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-55379-935-1 (ISBN)
Description
If the hurt and grief we carry is a woven blanket, it is time to weave ourselves anew.
In the Nle?kepmxcin language, spil?x?m are remembered stories, often shared over tea in the quiet hours between Elders. Rooted within the British Columbia landscape, and with an almost tactile representation of being on the land and water, Spil?x?m explores resilience, reconnection, and narrative memory through stories.
Captivating and deeply moving, this story basket of memories tells one Indigenous woman's journey of overcoming adversity and colonial trauma to find strength through creative works and traditional perspectives of healing, transformation, and resurgence.
In the Nle?kepmxcin language, spil?x?m are remembered stories, often shared over tea in the quiet hours between Elders. Rooted within the British Columbia landscape, and with an almost tactile representation of being on the land and water, Spil?x?m explores resilience, reconnection, and narrative memory through stories.
Captivating and deeply moving, this story basket of memories tells one Indigenous woman's journey of overcoming adversity and colonial trauma to find strength through creative works and traditional perspectives of healing, transformation, and resurgence.
Reviews / Votes
This is a terrific tale, peppered with some lovely poetry and deep philosophical convictions: raise your arms in strength and humility. The Nations of British Columbia practise this every day. We commit to strength and humility. We are humble before Star Nations and strong for one another. Nicola Campbell gets this. She is descended from two distinct Indigenous peoples: those that hold their arms and those that serve one another. Nicola braids these two cultures together and bequeaths the result to all of us and to the world. Loaded with history, rich in story, and lovely in its poetics. -- Si'Yam, Lee Maracle, author Highly Recommended! -- Debbie Reese * American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) * A powerful memoir. * Prairie Books Now (PBN) * Among Ms. Magazine's Reads for the Rest of Us list * Ms. Magazine * Among CBC Books Best Books of 2021 Canadian Nonfiction * CBC Books * Spil?xm is a putting away of pain, a letting go of sorrow, a poignant unburdening, and a return to self and community. With it, Campbell establishes herself as a visionary with the capacity to gather what is broken and weave it into a new story. * Quill & Quire * Among The White Ravens' 2022 A Selection of International Children's and Youth Literature * The White Raven *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Publishing group
Portage & Main Press
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
670 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55379-935-1 (9781553799351)
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Nicola I. Campbell is the author of Shi-shi-etko, Shin-chi's Canoe, Grandpa's Girls, and A Day with Yayah. Nle?kepmx, Syilx, and Metis, from British Columbia, her stories weave cultural and land-based teachings that focus on respect, endurance, healing, and reciprocity.
Nicola's books have been among the finalists for numerous children's literary awards. Shin-chi's Canoe won the 2009 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and was a 2008 Governor General's Award for Illustration finalist.
Nicola's books have been among the finalists for numerous children's literary awards. Shin-chi's Canoe won the 2009 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and was a 2008 Governor General's Award for Illustration finalist.
Content
Table of Contents
Prairie Letters
February 4, 1973
April 5, 1973
July 1, 1973
July 26, 1973
Her Blood Is From Sptetkw
sptetkw
fried bologna and rice
yellow house
Speed Sew
hamburger stew
lullabies
buckle-up shoes
Little People
c??lc?ale
alpine mountains
frog whisperers
cousin cluster
Metis
Saskatchewan
La Ronge
Mooshoom
Back to Batoche, 1985
Nle?kepmxcin Lullaby
skixze? transforms
C?ce? and Sinci?
Rockstar Hair
K?ece? Tea
University of British Columbia
Blackout
for the party
Tmixw-This Land
Grandpa's Corrals
Learning to Heal
i am sorry
it is okay.
the same as trees
Land Teachings
Metis
Beginnings
Prayer Warriors
gathering
gathering songs
sn'ix'wam
Coming to My Senses
The land, we are woven together like strands of light
tmixw. temexw. temxulaxw.
Porcupine Song
snow on the mountains
Salish Dancer
The Kingfisher's Dance
race day
quw'utsun
sorrow
September 16, 1998, 10:15 pm
deer stew
i dreamt of you last night
tracks
little brown
September 24, 1998
October 1, 1999, 10:15 pm
With Each Stroke of My Paddle
yemit and merimstn
Teapot Hill
this trail
unceded
Huckleberries Are My Weakness
medicine song
pressure canner rhythms
sx?wusm
Spring Chicken
going home
come inside
wildflowers
nkexw
tmixw
A Gathering of Stones
the riverbed is home
this body is a mountain, this body is the land
as sisters
Scw?exmx
May 20, 2000
Adanac Trail
Resurgence
The Trail
Stories Are Alive
Why Am I Writing This?
Run
I Believe in the Power of Prayer
We Are Their Prayers Come to Life
Reweave the Universe
Offering
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Index
Prairie Letters
February 4, 1973
April 5, 1973
July 1, 1973
July 26, 1973
Her Blood Is From Sptetkw
sptetkw
fried bologna and rice
yellow house
Speed Sew
hamburger stew
lullabies
buckle-up shoes
Little People
c??lc?ale
alpine mountains
frog whisperers
cousin cluster
Metis
Saskatchewan
La Ronge
Mooshoom
Back to Batoche, 1985
Nle?kepmxcin Lullaby
skixze? transforms
C?ce? and Sinci?
Rockstar Hair
K?ece? Tea
University of British Columbia
Blackout
for the party
Tmixw-This Land
Grandpa's Corrals
Learning to Heal
i am sorry
it is okay.
the same as trees
Land Teachings
Metis
Beginnings
Prayer Warriors
gathering
gathering songs
sn'ix'wam
Coming to My Senses
The land, we are woven together like strands of light
tmixw. temexw. temxulaxw.
Porcupine Song
snow on the mountains
Salish Dancer
The Kingfisher's Dance
race day
quw'utsun
sorrow
September 16, 1998, 10:15 pm
deer stew
i dreamt of you last night
tracks
little brown
September 24, 1998
October 1, 1999, 10:15 pm
With Each Stroke of My Paddle
yemit and merimstn
Teapot Hill
this trail
unceded
Huckleberries Are My Weakness
medicine song
pressure canner rhythms
sx?wusm
Spring Chicken
going home
come inside
wildflowers
nkexw
tmixw
A Gathering of Stones
the riverbed is home
this body is a mountain, this body is the land
as sisters
Scw?exmx
May 20, 2000
Adanac Trail
Resurgence
The Trail
Stories Are Alive
Why Am I Writing This?
Run
I Believe in the Power of Prayer
We Are Their Prayers Come to Life
Reweave the Universe
Offering
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Index