Book review: The Peacekeeper
Reviewed by Karl Hele The Peacekeeper: A Novel (The Good Lands) is an excellent debut novel in a series for B.L. Blanchard who originally hails...
Book review: Country of Poxes: Three Germs and the Taking of Territory
Reviewed by Karl Hele Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay’s Country of Poxes: Three Germs and the Taking of Territory is a marvellous thought-provoking exploration of three diseases –...
Book review: Deadly Aim: The Civil War Story of Michigan’s Anishinaabe Sharpshooters
Reviewed by Karl Hele Sally Walker’s Deadly Aim: The Civil War Story of Michigan’s Anishinaabe Sharpshooters is a well written text that follows Anishinaabeg men...
Book review: Indians in Unexpected Places
Reviewed by Karl Hele Philip Deloria’s Indians in Unexpected Places is an excellent study of the interplay between white colonial expectations and Indigenous peoples’ challenges,...
Book review: Borders
Reviewed by Karl Hele Borders is a graphic novel drawn from Thomas King’s similarly titled short story published in his collection One Good Story That...
Book review: Weweni: Poems in Anishinaabemowin and English
Reviewed by Karl Hele Weweni: Poems in Anishinaabemowin and English is a wonderful collection of poems by Anishinaabeg scholar and language speaker Margaret Noodin. In...
Book review: Strawberries and Sweetgrass
Reviewed by Karl Hele Nadine Labelle’s Strawberries and Sweetgrass is a compelling story of a journey into culture and self while growing up. The main...
Book review: The Great Bear: Book Two of the Misewa Saga
Reviewed by Karl Hele The Great Bear: Book Two of the Misewa Saga is the second book of the Misewa Saga that expands on the...
Book review: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada
Reviewed by Karl Hele Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada is a general overview of treaty-making from the 17th to the 21st centuries in...
Book review: The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World
Reviewed by Karl Hele Anton Treuer’s The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World is an incredibly well-written narrative introduction into Ojibwe cultural...
Book review: Solemn Words and Foundational Documents: An Annotated Discussion of Indigenous-Crown Treaties in Canada, 1752-1923
Reviewed by Karl Hele Solemn Words and Foundational Documents: An Annotated Discussion of Indigenous-Crown Treaties in Canada, 1752-1923 is a marvellous collection that provides a...
Book review: What the Chickadee Knows: Poems in Anishinaabemowin and English
Reviewed by Karl Hele What the Chickadee Knows: Poems in Anishinaabemowin and English is Margaret Noodin’s second poetry collection in Anishinaabemowin and English that calls...
Book review: Treaty Promises: Indian Reality – Life on a Reserve
Reviewed by Karl Hele Treaty Promises: Indian Reality – Life on a Reserve is a story of Harold LeRat, his ancestors, and Cowessess First Nation’s...
Book review: Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of Empire
Reviewed by Karl Hele Coll Thrush’s Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of Empire contains an appendix that offers a guided tour to the...
Book review: Before Ontario: The Archaeology of a Province
Reviewed by Karl Hele Before Ontario: The Archaeology of a Province is an interesting up-to-date accounting of archaeological knowledge aimed at non-specialists – students or...