I Lost My Talk by Rita Joe (Author) & Pauline Young (Artist) artist and Art Gallery of Nova

and Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Prior to this

The results are astonishing

including the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art

the New Museum in New York

I Lost My Talk by Rita Joe (Author) & Pauline Young (Artist) artist and Art Gallery of NovaI lost my talk The talk you took away When I was a little girl At Shubenacadie school. One of Rita Joe's most influential poems, "I Lost My Talk" tells the revered Mi'kmaw Elder's childhood story of losing her language while a resident of the residential school in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. An often quoted piece in this era of truth and reconciliation, Joe's powerful words explore and celebrate the survival of Mi'kmaw culture and language despite its