Book review: Surviving the City Vol. 1
Reviewed by Karl Hele Surviving the City Volume 1 is a graphic novel that follows a couple of days in the lives of two young...
Book review: Will I See?
Reviewed by Karl Hele Will I See is a powerful, evocative story that is amplified by visually stunning graphics. Through the eyes and actions of...
Book review: Settler Identity and Colonialism in 21st Century Canada
Reviewed by Karl Hele Settler Identity and Colonialism in 21st Century Canada written by two United Kingdom-educated academics explores Settler Canadian identity in terms of...
Book review: Words Have a Past: The English Language, Colonialism, and the Newspapers of the Indian Boarding Schools
Reviewed by Karl Hele Jane Griffith in Words Have a Past: The English Language, Colonialism, and the Newspapers of the Indian Boarding Schools uses language...
Book review: Makoons
Reviewed by Karl Hele Makoons is the fifth and the sequel to Chickadee, part of the Erdrich’s Birchbark House Series. Like the previous four novels,...
Opinion: A Mad Hatter’s tea party: The Indian Act, enfranchisement and registration in the 21st Century
By Karl Hele A late July ruling by the Quebec Superior Court has removed another asterisk from section 6 of the Indian Act. Simply, the...
Book review: Kaandossiwin: How We Come to Know
Reviewed by Karl Hele Kaandossiwin: How We Come to Know is an exploration of how, as an Anishinaabekwe, author Kathleen Absolon (Minogiizhigokwe) came to know,...
Book review: Z-Man: Darren Zack
Reviewed by Karl Hele Z-Man: Darren Zack is a brief biography of a world-renowned fastball pitcher from Garden River First Nation, Darren Zack. The book...
Book review: 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Reviewed by Karl Hele Bob Joseph’s 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality...
Book review: Chickadee
Reviewed by Karl Hele Award-winning Chickadee is the fourth book by Louise Erdrich in the Birchbark House series. While it is always good to start...
Opinion: The Five-Year Rule and Band Membership along the US-Canada border
By Karl S. Hele From 1876 to 1952, individuals residing outside of Canada for five consecutive years were to be struck from Band lists by...
Book review: Talking Back to the Indian Act: Critical Readings in Settler Colonial Histories
Reviewed by Karl Hele Kelm and Smith’s edited collection of documents seeks to challenge students and general readers to undertake a critical analysis of the...
Book review: The Assassination of Hole in the Day
Reviewed by Karl Hele Anton Treuer’s The Assassination of Hole in the Day is a marvelously researched and written examination of the rise to leadership...
Book review: Bear Island: The War at Sugar Point
Reviewed by Karl Hele Bear Island: The War at Sugar Point by Anishinaabe scholar and storyteller Gerald Vizenor is storytelling through epic poetry of the...
Book review: The Porcupine Year
Reviewed by Karl Hele The Porcupine Year is the third volume by Louise Erdrich that follows the life of Omakayas. Set in 1852, Omakayas’ family...