This Place Is Who We Are: Stories of Indigenous Leadership, Resilience, and Connection to Homelands

This Place Is Who We Are: Stories of Indigenous Leadership, Resilience, and Connection to HomelandsThis Place Is Who We Are profiles Indigenous communities in central and northern coastal BC that are reconnecting to their lands and watersand growing and thriving through this reconnection. Indigenous peoples and cultures are integrally connected to the land. Well being in every sensephysical, social, environmental, economic, spiritual and culturaldepends on that relationship, which is based on a fundamental concept: when the land is well, so are the

and fruit pies

its vitality is precarious

In a society where any vulnerability is a risk

Known as Super Indian

historians and mediators

It's time for Siasi to go to bed

Here is a voice we have never heard—a voice full of poetry and rage

Compelling

to provide these Ojibwe and English versions of these ceremonies

A breathtaking debut novel featuring an asexual

New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith's lyrical text is paired with the warm

and stand-up comedian Ryan McMahon