Tea and bannock stories First Nations community of poetic voices : a compilation of poems in celebration of First Nations aesthetic practices, such as poetry, songs and art, that speak about humankind's active relation ship to Home Land her Beings / compiled by annie ross, Brandon Bob, Eve Chuang and the Chuang Family, Steve Davis, Robert Pictou. [electronic resource] :

"This project was made possible by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC)."

Background: First Nations Studies, the Archaeology Department, and the School for Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, is the origin place for Tea and Bannock Stories. Tea and Bannock Stories is a grass-roots, multi-generational, multi-national gathering of poets and artists. Together we have learned from and informed one another. Our final result is this compilation of poems and images presented in a community event on Mother Earth Day, April 21, 2007, at the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Center amidst family, friends, songs, dances, art, poetry, tea, and bannock. Tea and Bannock Stories began as research inquiry into poetic First Nations aesthetic forms between aboriginal artists and poets, the principal researcher, annie ross, SFU student researchers Brandon Bob, Eve Chuang, and Simon Solomon, and students during the years 2004 – 2007 to investigate First Nations environmental ideas in the poetic and visual form. The purpose of this modest publication is to share First Nations poetries about the Planet with others, to encourage community and communication between various peoples, and to celebrate, enjoy, write, read, and make poems and art.