Book review: The Sky Watched: Poems of Ojibwe Lives
Reviewed by Karl Hele Linda LeGarde Grover’s The Sky Watched: Poems of Ojibwe Lives is a moving collection of poems that reflects the Anishinaabeg of...
Book review: The Portal Keeper: The Misewa Saga, Book 4
Reviewed by Karl Hele David A. Robertson’s latest book in the Misewa Saga, The Portal Keeper, continues to expand the world of Aski and the...
Book review: Aki-wayn-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth
Reviewed by Karl Hele In Aki-wayn-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth, Baxter deftly weaves together a complex argument that is immensely readable and...
Book review: Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge
Reviewed by Karl Hele Deidre Havrelock and Edward Kay’s Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge, designed for young readers, explores Indigenous Science,...
Opinion: Buffy’s legacy is the real deal
By Maurice Switzer There were only about 500 of us sitting on the infield of a baseball stadium at the foot of Bathurst Street near...
Letter to the Editor: An open letter to the 44th Parliament of Canada re: Bill C-53
Before voting on Bill C-53, An Act respecting the recognition of certain Métis governments, and to give effect to treaties with those governments and to...
Book review: Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism
Reviewed by Karl Hele Travis Hay’s Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism is a wondrous exploration of the bonds between settler colonialism and...
Book review: Reclaiming Anishinaabe Law: Kinamaadiwin Inaakonigewin and the Treaty Right to Education
Reviewed by Karl Hele Leo Baskatawang’s Reclaiming Anishinaabe Law: Kinamaadiwin Inaakonigewin and the Treaty Right to Education draws upon extensive research that prioritizes and centres...
Book review: Ceremonies of Possession in Europe’s Conquest of the New World, 1492 – 1640
Reviewed by Karl Hele In Ceremonies of Possession in Europe’s Conquest of the New World, 1492 – 1640, Patricia Seed explores how various European nations –...
Book review: Phoenix Ani’ Gichichi-I’/Phoenix Gets Greater
Reviewed by Carrie MacKenzie Phoenix Ani’ Gichichi-I’/Phoenix Gets Greater is a children’s book written by Marty Wilson-Trudeau and her son Phoenix Wilson. Wilson-Trudeau is an...
Revolutions are never ‘common sense’
By Maurice Switzer The problem with revolutions is that most of the casualties are usually innocent bystanders. That’s certainly the case with the Common Sense...
Book review: Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing
Reviewed by Marci Becking Doing the work – that’s the hardest part of healing. One can take as many workshops or attend conferences, but unless...
Book review: Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold
Reviewed by Caroline MacKenzie Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold by Jessica Outram is an entertaining and insightful story about eight-year-old Métis girl Bernice Lamondin...
Book review: On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
Reviewed by Karl Hele Caroline Dodds Pennock’s On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe explores the experiences of Indigenous Peoples who travelled willingly and unwillingly...
Book review: Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
Reviewed by Karl Hele Patty Krawec’s Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future is a well-written and argued discussion aimed...