Book review: This Place: 150 Years Retold

By Karl Hele Stories by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Jen Storm, Richard Van...

Book review: The Game of Silence

Reviewed by Karl Hele As the sequel to The Birchbark House, The Game of Silence continues the story of Omakayas and her family on Lake...

Book review: The Birchbark House

Reviewed by Karl Hele The Birchbark House, by Anishinaabeg author Louise Erdrich, follows eight-year-old Omakayas though the course of a single year near Sault Ste....

Book review: Storm of Locusts

Reviewed by Karl Hele Storm of Locusts is the second volume in Rebecca Roanhorse’s Sixth World series. The novel picks up Maggie Hoskie’s story about a...

Book review: The Ojibwa

Reviewed by Karl Hele Michelle Lomberg’s The Ojibwa is part of the American Indian Art and Culture series. This book has plenty of colour illustrations...

Book review: Trail of Lightning

Reviewed by Karl Hele Trail of Lightning is Rebecca Roanhorse’s first novel and the first of a planned series known as the Sixth World. The...

Ojibwe card games fun for the whole family

By Karl Hele Native Teaching Aids, a small business that believes in the vital importance of maintaining and revitalizing Indigenous culture, language, and history for...