Book review: A Line of Blood and Dirt: Creating the Canada-United States Border Across Indigenous Lands
Reviewed by Karl Hele Benjamin Hoy’s A Line of Blood and Dirt: Creating the Canada-United States Border Across Indigenous Lands is a marvellous easy-to-follow examination...
Book review: I Lost My Talk and I’m Finding My Talk
Reviewed by Karl Hele I Lost My Talk is an illustrated poem by Rita Joe (1932-2007). I’m Finding My Talk by Rebecca Thomas is an...
Book review: Surviving the City Vol. 2: From the Roots Up
Reviewed by Karl Hele Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan’s second contribution to the Surviving the City series From the Roots Up returns us to the...
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...