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The book contains the poem as well as peripheral material that will help the reader to replicate, intuitively, some of the conceptual processes that went into composing the poem.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Though it has been phased out of use in our \"post-racial\" society, the word \"injun\" is peppered throughout pulp western novels. \u003ci\u003eInjun\u003c\/i\u003e retraces, defaces, and effaces the use of this word as a colonial and racial marker. 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Established in 2017 initially through a crowd-funded campaign by lawyer Robin Parker and author Silvia Moreno-Garcia that set an initial fundraising goal of 10,000 USD, the initiative raised over 116,000 USD in just four months. Through generous support from organisations such as Penguin Random House Canada, CELA, and others, the award has grown and have helped usher in a new and dynamic generation of Indigenous writers. Past IVA recipients include Billy-Ray Belcourt, Tanya Tagaq, and Jesse Thistle. The IVAs also help promote the works of unpublished writers, helping launch the careers of Smokii Sumac, Cody Caetano, and Samantha Martin-Bird. For the first time, a selection of standout works over the past five years of the Indigenous Voices Award will be collected in an anthology that will highlight some of the most groundbreaking Indigenous writing across poetry, prose, and theatre in English, French, and in an Indigenous language. 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