In this Poetic License instalment, meet spoken word artist Sarah Lewis. Hailing from Curve Lake First Nation, the Ojibwe/Cree poet was recently appointed as the first poet laureate of Nogojiwanong-Peterborough.

Not one to take this appointment lightly, Lewis knows her presence and voice is a form of resistance, saying: "My existence is a form of activism because we weren't supposed to be here."

Watch Sarah Lewis perform Warrior Cry — a piece Lewis describes as being written from the perspective of a dangerously empowered Indigenous woman. 

Courtesy of CBC Arts.

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