Canada: We Are the Story

Canada: We Are the StoryA poem by acclaimed Ojibway author Richard Wagamese is reimagined as a stunning picture book in the skilled hands of Anishinaabe artist Mangeshig Pawis Steckley. Thoughtful, healing and hopeful, Canada is a testament to the transformative power of enduring identity and belonging. "Listen. Can you hear the voices of the Old Ones speaking to you in a language you've forgotten?" An Indigenous child struggles with a school assignment that asks, "What

French flaps

Brian Young

Based on the life of co-author Jenny Kay Dupuis's grandmother

Rita is terrorized by nagging ghosts who won't let her sleep and who sabotage her personal life

who coordinated and participated in the deliberations and ratification of the Constitution

But her attachment to Gil is filled with shadowy need and delicious ironies

Shifting registers between the embodied and the spiritual

long-awaited portrait of hope and resilience as we face a fractured and uncertain future

" and "Métis people do not go to ceremonies

Her unmanageable caseload is further complicated by the fact that half the department has blacklisted her for ratting out a corrupt fellow cop

to uncover the mystery of what happened to a tribal member who stayed behind after Indian removal

He is also a Chippewa Council member who is trying to understand the consequences of a new “emancipation” bill on its way to the floor of the United States Congress