Living in the Tall Grass - Laforme, R Stacey
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"The poetry of Chief Stacey Laforme illustrates the wonderful state of being alive. With clear-eyed focus, rooted in the reality of daily living and guided by the grandfathers' teachings, he encourages us to appreciate the journey. His words compel us to improve our capacity to listen, to understand and learn to live together. It is a generous gift from one who cares deeply and looks for good in the world." -- Hon. Elizabeth Dowdeswell, 
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario "These words are like wild flowers-- -- ideas and beauty growing in places where people said it could never happen. Chief…mehr

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"The poetry of Chief Stacey Laforme illustrates the wonderful state of being alive. With clear-eyed focus, rooted in the reality of daily living and guided by the grandfathers' teachings, he encourages us to appreciate the journey. His words compel us to improve our capacity to listen, to understand and learn to live together. It is a generous gift from one who cares deeply and looks for good in the world." -- Hon. Elizabeth Dowdeswell, 
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario "These words are like wild flowers-- -- ideas and beauty growing in places where people said it could never happen. Chief Laforme has turned dirt into heart; fertile, affecting, alive." -- Ron MacLean, Hockey Broadcaster "All peoples learn from authentically written expressions about not only our struggles but hope and vision. Chief Stacey Laforme has eloquently written pieces which invoke our emotion and inspire reflection and change." -- Chief Perry Bellegarde, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations "Honest voices carry life and Chief LaForme's 
poems help us emerge from the half life our country has lived as we finally, finally begin the conversations with Indigenous peoples about how we will share the land at the top end of North America. "I Love This Land" moved me deeply and its voice still rings in my heart. ---- R H Thomson, Actor and Producer of The World Remembers.
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Stacey Laforme was born on a cold December morning into a life of alcoholism and abuse. At fifteen, he left home and lived on the street, eventually finding a home with both of his grandmothers. He started his first job at twelve years old, eventually going into the family business and joining the iron workers union. He attended college late in life. He retired from iron work and, as he admits, "If I am honest, I was not the best at iron work." After his mother passed away at the age of fifty, he was elected to council. He ran and was elected Chief of the Mississaugas of the Anishnabe in December 2015, a few months after his father passed away. Chief Laforme says, "I am dedicated to my people, and to all the people who live within our treaty lands." Chief LaForme recently became only the third Honorary Senior Fellow of Massey College, joining the Duke of Edinburgh and the Chancellor of Oxford University in the rarest honour the college can bestow.