By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Words matter, writes poet Louise Bernice Halfe-Sky Dancer. “Kêhtê-ayak (Elders) teach that words must be used with caution,” she writes in “Song of the Starved Soul: A Commentary on Ceremony and Protocol,” one of about 30 essays and presentations she includes in her newest book Wītāmōwik/Tell Them: On A Life of Inspiration. The collection also includes a similar number of poems. “In the past, I wasn’t aware that that was something I should be aware of,” Halfe told Windspeaker.com. “I hadn’t been told, ‘Use words with caution’…I know it probably hurt others, and it deeply affects me to know that I went over the line, so to speak. But when I’m writing, I just write as it is. I have to make…
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