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Hiraeth:
A Search for Cultural Identity Carol Rose Daniels
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The Lost Girl’s Guide to Finding 7 TIPS WHEN CROSSING LAND BORDERS
Suffering from insatiable wanderlust, Ashlyn George is an award-winning travel writer and photographer who has travelled through more than 55 countries and onto every continent before the age of 30. In 2015 she travelled 37,000 kilometres across her home province of Saskatchewan as the official personality and travel blogger for the Government of Saskatchewan. Currently she documents her adventures and stories on her blog The Lost Girl’s Guide to Finding the World. To connect with Ashlyn and follow her journey, find her online at www. thelostgirlsguide.com or at ashlyn@ thelostgirlsguide.com. As well as on her social media channels: • Facebook.com/thelostgirlsguide • Instagram: @thelostgirlsguide • Twitter: @lostgirlsguide 4 |
Crossing land borders is often more stressful than flying into a country and going through airport immigration. Crossings can be as simple as handing over your passport to the bus driver and waiting for the appropriate stamps or getting off the bus and going from one ticket counter to the next in the same building. However, it can be more complicated as every border has different procedures. It’s hard to know what to do and how to do it properly. To help you out, here are some useful tips when preparing for your next land border crossing. 1. Have Your Passport Ready It sounds simple, but have your passport ready with all necessary papers including visas,
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The World Travel Authority) in advance online. In Madagascar, I flew in and received my visa on arrival. It is so important to know what entry documents are necessary and how to obtain them. You could be denied entry to the country if you don’t. If you can’t speak the local language it makes it even more difficult. 3. Have Proof of Onward Travel I’ve been asked multiple times when trying to cross both land and air borders if I have proof of onward travel. Normally I show them a return airline ticket back to Canada. But I’ve been caught frantically booking a bus or flight last minute just so I could get into the country. (Most border crossings don’t have Wi-Fi which further complicates the situation.) It’s possible to book a flight or bus you don’t intend to take, so consider what cancellation policy exists if you choose that option. 4. Get all Stamps Necessary In the hustle and confusion of border crossings, it’s surprisingly easy to walk right across the border and have no one check your documents. But you need to get an exit stamp in the country you’re leaving and an entry stamp in the country you’re headed to. 5. Don’t Exchange Cash at the Border (If You Can Help It) Airports, border crossings and on the street – these are three locations you want to avoid when exchanging your money. These situations are very convenient but you’re likely paying high exchange fees or might be getting scammed. Check the exchange rate in advance, know what the currency is worth and double check the quality of coins and paper money you receive in return. They may be old and damaged or you may get shorted by clever sleight-of-hand. An ATM machine or local banks are often the best option for taking out or exchanging money. 6. Beware of Rides Across the Border There are often taxi’s, tuk tuks or bicycles ready to whisk you across the border if you’re travelling by bus or on foot. Be wary when taking these vehicles. Make sure you’ve agreed on a set price in advance and that you’ve clearly stated where you want to go. There can be hidden charges or upcharges for the convenient service. At the very least, always barter on their price and don’t let them put your luggage in the vehicle until you’ve come to an agreement. 7. Carry American Currency American cash is the golden currency around the world. Even if the country has their own currency they may still ask for a visa or reciprocity payment in American. Keep one or two hundred dollars in fifty dollar bills or less inside your passport case for emergency cash. As a general rule, it’s usually a lot easier to exchange than Canadian dollars.
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Hiraeth:
A Search for Cultural Identity
Carol Rose Daniels By: Cassandra Bumpus
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Hiraeth, a word of Celtic origin, may not seem like a fitting title for a poetry collection written by an Aboriginal artist. But for Carol Rose Daniels, a Cree and Dene woman from Saskatchewan, choosing this title for her work made perfect sense. The term hiraeth refers to the act of looking for a place to belong that does not exist. For Daniels and thousands of survivors from the period of Canadian history known as the Sixties Scoop, this term is all too relatable. Additionally, using a Celtic term rather than a Cree term also represents the displacement Daniels felt as an Aboriginal child growing up in a German household, removed from her biological family and heritage. The Sixties Scoop, or Scoop Up as it is sometimes called, is a period of Canadian history that stretched from the 1960s to 1980s. During this time, social welfare programs claiming to be acting in the best interest of the children began taking Aboriginal infants from their mothers, often without the mother’s consent or knowledge. The program workers would then place the children in foster care where they were adopted by white families. Unlike the residential school system, the children of the Sixties Scoop were taken from their biological families soon after birth, so they were never able to develop an understanding of their traditions or language. Most of these children experienced racism and felt like outsiders as they grew up. Many still struggle with identity issues and the pain of their experiences. Daniels was born in a Regina hospital to a single mother who was a university-educated nurse. Daniels’ mother was deemed unfit to be a parent simply because she was unmarried and was forced to leave the hospital without her newborn daughter. Unfortunately, Daniels’ mother was killed in an accident before the two had the chance to be reunited.
request to find out. When Daniels was in her thirties, she was finally able to meet her biological father along with her siblings and extended family members. Daniels says she had known for a while that she was Cree, but after she met her father, she learned that she was also Dene. Knowing this, she was able to learn about the Cree and Dene culture from her family and from other artists she has met throughout her life. “One of my teachers over the years always said, ‘When you are ready to learn your teachers will come.’ So I am always open to being ready to learn.” After many years of building a successful journalism career, Daniels decided it was time to return to her first loves: writing and art. At the time, she was raising two sons and a daughter in Yellowknife where she anchored a CBC newscast, with plans to pursue a career in the arts after her children graduated from high school. Sadly, a dear friend of hers passed away suddenly and the plans he had been putting on hold never came to be. Daniels did not want that to happen to her so she took a leap, left her job in journalism, and returned to her home province of Saskatchewan with her children. She admits that the early days of her arts career were challenging but that her actions eventually paid off. Her first novel was published in 2015, and Daniels hopes to have her second novel released by the end of this year. Hiraeth is her first published poetry collection, but she shares that she has plans for two more collections in her head: one centred around the strength of women and the other focusing on motherhood. Bearskin Diary, Daniels’ debut novel received the 2017-2018 First Nation Communities READ’s Aboriginal Literature Award. While the main themes of the novel - the Sixties Scoop and cultural identity
Daniels was raised by a German family in a small town near Regina. She is quick to point out that, unlike many “scooped kids,” her upbringing with her adoptive family was not all bad. “I’m so grateful that I had the father that I had and the grandmother that I had because those two white people. . .didn’t care that I was brown. They just thought that I was a really beautiful young girl and that’s how they treated me. And every kid needs someone like that to cushion them because when there’s chaos all around you, you need a safe place to go.”
2741 DEWDNEY AVENUE, REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN As a teenager, Daniels was told that she would never make a living pursuing her two passions: writing and art. After high school, she studied media and broadcasting before going on to work in radio and television, something that was unheard of for a young Aboriginal woman. In 1989, Daniels became the first Aboriginal woman to anchor a national newscast for CBC, and in 2009 she was honoured for her work with a National Aboriginal Achievement Award (now called Indspire Awards).She worked hard to seek out Aboriginal stories to share through her reporting and in doing so, met mentors who helped her begin to reconnect with the culture she had missed out on all of her life. In the early 1990s the Saskatchewan government opened its adoption records, giving the survivors of the Sixties Scoop a chance to reunite with their biological families. The catch was that both the “scooped kid” and their family had to submit letters to the Ministry of Social Services requesting a reunion. Luckily, Daniels’ family suspected that a sibling might have been taken during the Scoop and submitted a
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- are similar to those explored in Hiraeth, the novel is a work of fiction. Daniels drew inspiration from actual events and things she had read about, observed, or experienced herself. In contrast, her poetry collection is personal, raw, and certainly not fictitious. “With the collection of poetry, it’s more. . .like me sitting down and just talking to you, heart-to-heart, about things that I went through as a result of not growing up within my own Cree family,” Daniels shares. She praises her publisher, Inanna Publications, for not censoring her work and allowing it to be honest and real. She adds, “I like the collection because it’s not just one thing. It goes from intense happiness to intense pain to intense sadness to questioning, and that’s what poetry should do anyway. It’s capturing moments in time, and when you do there’s usually an intensity in the moment, and that should come out in whatever it is you’re writing about.” Daniels also feels the need to write about the Sixties Scoop and its aftermath because over the years she has found that some people only have a vague understanding of what happened while many people have never heard of it. “That is why I thought as a writer [of] fiction or poetry; it was important to talk about this because no one had heard about it. In fact, even in the mainstream media news, it’s not something that people even started talking about until maybe three years ago,” she explains. Daniels believes this is due, in part,
to the fact that residential school survivors spent time together as students. They knew there were others like them going through the same experiences. More often than not, “Scooped kids” were on their own and did not know any different because they were taken as infants. They had no way of knowing that others were in similar situations as them. Given all of this and the general public’s lack of knowledge on the subject, Daniels’ outlook is admirable. “You can’t lament that because people are aware of it now and so we’re talking about it now. . .So I don’t like it when people complain because it doesn’t really lead to a solution.” When asked about her thoughts on using art as a tool for healing, Daniels had two words: “Absolutely necessary.” She admits that writing about such sensitive topics is not easy and that the process makes her revisit memories that she has made a conscious effort to keep buried. Despite the difficulty, Daniels sees the importance in sharing these stories, both for herself and for future generations. “I think I just really needed to get that stuff out and one of the reasons. . .[is that] it’s really important to not carry that stuff from one generation to the next and so for me writing is truly healing. It’s a way to get things out, try to process it, talk to my children about what happened so that they understand. . .” The structure of Hiraeth and the order of the poems mirrors a journey
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“I’m so grateful that I had the father that I had and the grandmother that I had because those two white people didn’t care that I was brown. They just thought that I was a really beautiful young girl and that’s how they treated me” through healing and cultural discovery. The collection starts off on a dark note, depicting the abuse and racism that many Sixties Scoop survivors endured in the homes of their adoptive families and their predominantly white communities and schools. “I like the way I set the book up because it starts with those types of stories in the form of poetry and then there’s a bit of growth. But then there’s a beautiful sort of blossoming of realization and culture in the end which is how it should be. I mean, you can’t go through your whole life being sad all the time,” Daniels states matter-of-factly. Daniels has some sage advice for fellow Scoop survivors. She discourages them from burying their feelings or putting on an act. “I think it’s terrible to go through life pretending everything’s great when it’s really not because there’s nothing wrong with saying, ‘Holy cow, this happened, and it really shouldn’t have, and it affected me negatively.’” As for other Aboriginal people who feel disconnected from their cultural identity, Daniels adds, “. . .[for] anyone who’s wanting to rediscover their roots, one of the things that you probably should do is be honest with yourself about what happened in those homes, and that’s difficult because a lot of us have buried that stuff just as a way to survive. But I think it’s important to say, ‘Okay, I’m taking this and I’m throwing it back to the universe because it never belonged to me,’ and then start to embrace your indigenous roots.” The book launch for Hiraeth will be held at The Club (Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange building), 2431 8th Ave in Regina on Sunday, May 6 at two o’clock. Copies of the book will be available for sale and Daniels will be doing a reading/singing and drumming followed by an open discussion. Everyone is invited to attend.
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BURGER & FRY BAR With the BBQ party season quickly approaching, it’s time to start planning those backyard cookouts! Whether it’s for a family reunion, graduation party, or just a casual neighbourhood gathering, there’s something for everyone in this Burger & Fry Bar.
Setting The Scene Even for a backyard party, I like to set up party buffet tables inside the house. It keeps the food out of the hot sun, keeps the bugs out, helps to keep some of the items chilled and stops the wind from carrying away the paper plates and napkins. You could do the cooking (burgers and grilled vegetables) outside on the barbeque but leave all the toppings, buns and fries inside the house. For this party, I went with a bit of a retro diner style with black, white & red colours, metal serving trays, mason jars for toppings, glass soda bottles, and some retro-style printable menus. You’ll find free printables for the menus and Burger & Fry Bar sign up on my blog (visit www.MomsAndMunchkins.ca and search “Burger Bar”). To give the table some height, wooden boxes and candle sticks under plates and serving trays work great! For the back wall, I always use foam poster boards and cover them with items like wrapping paper, paper fans, etc. For this black & white striped background, I used black & white duct tape on the poster boards. 14 |
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Food Now to the best part of the party – the food! Let’s start with the burgers. For this party I made regular beef hamburgers plus chicken, spinach and feta burgers. You’ll find the chicken, spinach and feta burger recipe on the blog by searching “feta burgers”. There are so many options when it comes to burgers: • beef burgers • chicken burgers • grilled chicken breasts • turkey burgers • vegetarian burgers • sliders (smaller burgers so guests can try more of a variety)
still warm. You can bake some of these on the BBQ, some in a fryer (I use my Actifry often), and others in the oven. Some ideas for fries include: • regular potato fries • curly fries • waffle fries • sweet potato fries • chunky hashbrown style fries • tater tots • onion rings You could also set out a variety of seasoning salts for the fries plus toppings like ketchup, chipotle sauce, vinegar, nacho cheese, gravy, etc.
A fun idea for the kids is to serve chicken nuggets and small buns as mini chicken burgers.
Now for the burger toppings and sauces! Some of the guests may use these to top their burgers, others may use the vegetables to make a salad, some may even turn their fries into a loaded poutine. So many possibilities here!
For the fries, you’ll want to prepare these right before it’s time to eat so that they’re
Topping & sauce ideas include: • bacon • bell peppers • bruschetta
• coleslaw • crispy onions • cucumbers • grilled pineapple • hot peppers • lettuce • mac & cheese • mushrooms • pickles • red onions • tomatoes • jalapeno Havarti cheese • mozzarella cheese • cheddar cheese • cheese curds • BBQ sauce • chipotle sauce • garlic mayo • gravy • guacamole • ketchup • mustard • nacho cheese • pizza sauce • ranch • relish Last, but not least, don’t forget the burger buns. Lots of options here too like white buns, whole wheat buns, pretzel buns, sesame buns, thin buns, crusty buns, etc. For a retro diner style party, a delicious dessert idea would be ice cream soda floats! Simply set out a variety of sodas, ice cream with scoops, whipped cream and sprinkles. It’s a delicious way to cool off on a hot summer day.
Now let’s just hope we’re done with the snow until December!
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