Flint and Feather (1913) is a collection of the complete poems of E. Pauline Johnson. Revered as one the foremost Canadian poets of her time, Johnson was a prolific writer whose works explored her Mohawk heritage while shedding light on the racism and persecution faced by indigenous peoples across North America. âThe lyrical verse herein is as a âSkyward floating feather, / Sailing on summer air.â And yet that feather may be the eagle plume that crests the head of a warrior chief; so both flint and feather bear the hall-mark of my Mohawk blood.â So states Johnson in the foreword to her complete poems, Flint and Feather, a collection that captures not only her range as a poet in tune with the Romantic tradition, but her dualistic sense of identity as a woman of Mohawk and English heritage. Choosing to emphasize the former, Johnson, who also went by Tekahionwake, her great-grandfatherâs name, adopts the persona of an Indian wife who, watching her love depart, wonders what he will âsuffer from the white manâs hand.â In fear, in anger, in desperation, she proclaims âBy right, by birth we Indians own these lands, / Though starved, crushed, plundered, lies our nation lowâ¦â In the face of defeat, she offers a poetry in tune with the âghost upon the shore,â the voices one hears âwhen the Northern candles light the Northern sky.â Johnsonâs voice is thus both one of resistance and mourning, her song one of a land of plains and rivers, of fields that await the harvest despite the âprying pilot crowâ whose âthieving raidsâ descend â[a]t husking time.â With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of E. Pauline Johnsonâs Flint and Feather is a classic of Canadian literature reimagined for modern readers.