Project
honiʔaze taghe (three little stories)
February - March 2023
March 11, 1 - 3PM: a come-and-go reception at the Night Oven
Copies of Nedí Nezų available for purchase
Taken from Tenille K. Campbell’s poetry collection, Nedí Nezų (Good Medicine), honiʔaze taghe are presented in three outdoor spaces in Pleasant Hill, Caswell Hill, and Riversdale. Campbell’s work centres Dene language and culture through intimate, gestural words conjuring images of sensual pleasures; eating, kissing, touching. Setting warm, intimate scenes. Focusing in on love, desire, and Indigenous femininity.
Visit Campbell’s poetry installations at AKA artist-run centre, the Night Oven, and the Saskatchewan Maritime Museum. Listen to Campbell’s work read aloud in Dene at the AKA window gallery.
This project is presented as part of Mamanaw Pekiskwewina | Mother Tongues: Saskatoon co-curated by Kiyari McNab and Missy LeBlanc. Developed in consultation with members of Saskatoon’s Indigenous community including Elders, Knowledge Keepers, artists, and youth, Mamanaw Pekiskwewina: Saskatoon celebrates and makes visible the traditional and ancestral languages of the lands of what is now presently known as Northern Saskatchewan. Mamanaw Pekiskwewina | Mother Tongues: Saskatoon is presented in partnership with TRUCK Contemporary Art.
Tenille K Campbell
Tenille K Campbell is a Dene/Métis author and photographer from English River First Nation, SK. She completed her MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and is enrolled in her PhD at the University of Saskatchewan. Her inaugural poetry book, #IndianLovePoems (Signature Editions, 2017) is an award-winning collection of poetry that focuses on Indigenous Erotica, using humour and storytelling to reclaim and explore ideas of Indigenous sexuality. She is also the artist behind sweetmoon photography and the co-creator of tea&bannock. She currently resides in Saskatoon.
The Northern Michif translation of “Mother Tongues” was provided by SkyBlue Morin.
The Night Oven is a small bakery in Saskatoon that hand-crafts rustic French-inspired baking with a commitment to sourcing organic ingredients where possible, while prioritizing local suppliers to showcase what Saskatchewan has to offer.
Saskatoon's own Saskatchewan Maritime Museum It is a completely fabricated historical institution that dissects, considers and re-assembles Canadian history using humour and imagination. Museum Director Todd Gronsdahl exhibits artists over two exhibition spaces at 210 Ave P, South. Learn more @skmaritimemuseum
