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The history of Black writing in Alberta must begin with the recognition that not all writing is written. This seems less absurd when we remember that education, literacy, and the act of writing itself have often been denied to Black people on this continent. Equally, the notion of history has not readily been granted to the capacity of Blackness. In this way we can attend to two significant and limiting assumptions that have plagued the wide dissemination and acknowledgement of Black writing in Alberta.
European explorers first came to this part of the world at the very end of the 18th century, and with them came various Black people. Stephen Bonga was a mixed Black and Ojibwe who came from a well-known fur-trading family. His father was a Black fur trader who had worked for the North West Company. His brother was also a fur trader who was remembered for singing voyageur songs on expeditions. One can imagine Stephen paddling in time with “Alouette” or “Un Canadien Errant” on his Bow River expedition with McKenzie and Rowand in Think of these songs as performing the earliest example of Black writing in Alberta.
While we may be forced to imagine Stephen Bonga’s voyageur performances as writing, in the s Daniel Williams, a trader who operated in the Peace Country region, produc
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Daniel T. Williams (ca. –)
"Daniel T. Williams (ca. –)". The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology, edited by Karina Vernon, Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, , pp.
(). Daniel T. Williams (ca. –). In K. Vernon (Ed.), The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology (pp. ). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Daniel T. Williams (ca. –). In: Vernon, K. ed. The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, pp.
"Daniel T. Williams (ca. –)" In The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology edited by Karina Vernon, Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
Daniel T. Williams (ca. –). In: Vernon K (ed.) The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press; p
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