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Henry HeavyShield

Henry HeavyShield is a Blackfoot (kainaiwa) writer who is currently based in Lac La Biche, AB. He has studied English and Indigenous literatures at the University of Lethbridge and University of British Columbia. He would like to thank his brother and sisters for their support and his aunts and uncles for their guidance.

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Issue 147

One Thing: A Rock Isn’t Always a Rock

byHenry HeavyShield

Henry HeavyShield notates his reflections on a guided visit to Iniskim Umaapi (aka the Majorville Medicine Wheel), a 5,000-year-old gathering site on Treaty 7 territory with great practical, symbolic, and spiritual significance to Niitsitapi. Through an absorbing narrative that weaves wisdom from many different thinkers, he charts connections within the space that link past, present, and future.

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