Part 1

Good Medicine

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From: Nedí Nezu

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snagging while Indigenous – you look like trouble – you are fresh river water – kissing cree boys – when you kneel down to worship – I’ve never wanted to dance – between thick pale thighs – I want to taste your language – morning stretches – it’s that two a.m. DM – you smelled of sweat – saltwater crush – I don’t want this – I sit on his lap – kissing indigenous – it was quiet – do you even remember / kikaskēyihtān cī – you sit on my couch

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Tenille K. Campbell

Tenille K. Campbell is a Dene/Métis author and photographer from English River First Nation in In Treaty Ten, northern Saskatchewan. Her acclaimed poetry collection, #IndianLovesPoems (Signature Editions), was shortlisted for the Indigenous Voices Award. Campbell is the force behind sweetmoon photography, which specializes in capturing NDN joy in its many forms. She is also the co-creator and a blogger at tea&bannock, an online collective for Indigenous women photographers and artists to share their stories. Campbell completed her MFA in creative writing at the University of British Columbia and is working on a doctoral degree in Indigenous Literature at the University of Saskatchewan.