Because these poems would never have seen the light of day without the help of many people, I want to thank warmly:

Gabriele Barry, Douglas Carlyle, and Linda Wedman for their encouragement;

Lin Zhong, who provided the Chinese poems;

Judy A Bear who provided the Cree poems;

Darlene Auger, who provided Cree syllabics with the help of Matilda Auger, Estheranna Stäuble, and Dorothy Thunder;

Esther Laurena Auger, who provided the poem in Michif;

Andrij Hornyatkevyc, who provided the poem in Ukrainian;

Patricia Godbout and Louise Ladouceur who reviewed the poems in French;

and especially my wife Irena, who took the photographs.