Spílexm A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence By Nicola I. Campbell Imprint: HighWater Press Categories: Biography & Autobiography, Indigenous, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Women Show edition details Hardcover : 9781553799351, 336 pages, September 2021 Ebook (EPUB) : 9781553799702, 336 pages, December 2021 Ebook (PDF) : 9781553799719, 336 pages, December 2021 Audiobook : 9781774920503, June 2022 Hardcover $32.00 Ebook (EPUB) $20.00 Ebook (PDF) $20.00 Audiobooks available at Audiobooks.com Kobo Scribd Audible View Table of Contents Read Excerpt Share: Table of contents Table of ContentsPrairie Letters February 4, 1973 April 5, 1973 July 1, 1973 July 26, 1973 Her Blood Is From Sptétkw sptétkw fried bologna and rice yellow house Speed Sew hamburger stew lullabies buckle-up shoes Little People c̓əlc̓ále alpine mountains frog whisperers cousin cluster Métis Saskatchewan La Ronge Mooshoom Back to Batoche, 1985 Nłeʔkepmxcín Lullaby skíxzeʔ transforms Cəceʔ and Sínciʔ Rockstar Hair K̓éceʔ Tea University of British Columbia Blackout for the party Tmíxw—This Land Grandpa’s Corrals Learning to Heal i am sorry it is okay. the same as trees Land Teachings Métis Beginnings Prayer Warriors gathering gathering songs sn’ix’wam Coming to My Senses The land, we are woven together like strands of light tmíxw. 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 yémit and merímstn Teapot Hill this trail unceded Huckleberries Are My Weakness medicine song pressure canner rhythms sx̣wúsm Spring Chicken going home come inside wildflowers nkéxw tmíxw A Gathering of Stones the riverbed is home this body is a mountain, this body is the land as sisters Scw̓éxmx 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 AcknowledgementsGlossaryIndex Related Media In this exceptional memoir, bestselling author Nicola I. Campbell deftly weaves together rich poetry and vivid prose to illustrate what it means to be an intergenerational survivor of Indian Residential Schools. Description If the hurt and grief we carry is a woven blanket, it is time to weave ourselves anew. In the Nłeʔkepmxcín language, spíləx̣m 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, Spíləx̣m 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. Awards Short-listed, Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards, Book Design 2022 Short-listed, Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher 2022 Nominated, Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes 2022 Reviews Among Ms. Magazine's Reads for the Rest of Us list Ms. Magazine Highly Recommended! Debbie Reese, American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) 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 A powerful memoir. Prairie Books Now (PBN) Among CBC Books Best Books of 2021 Canadian Nonfiction CBC Books Spílǝxm 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