Spells, Wishes, and the Talking Dead: ᒪᒪᐦᑖᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑯᓭᔨᒧᐤ ᓂᑭᐦᒋ ᐋᓂᐢᑯᑖᐹᐣ mamahtâwisiwin, pakosêyimow, nikihci-âniskotâpân

Spells, Wishes, and the Talking Dead: ᒪᒪᐦᑖᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑯᓭᔨᒧᐤ ᓂᑭᐦᒋ ᐋᓂᐢᑯᑖᐹᐣ mamahtâwisiwin, pakosêyimow, nikihci-âniskotâpânA brilliant collection weaving history, personal experience, and Indigenous resilience. Spells, Wishes, and the Talking Dead: mamahtwisiwin, pakosyimow, nikihci niskotpn is a wonder. With inspiring defiance, John Kehewin plays with form, space, and language, demonstrating which magics cannot be suppressed. Here is an unflinching look at colonialisms sickening trail: its ongoing detriment to the safety and mental health of Indigenous people, its theft

a bustling center for the Yurok and the site of a plundered native cemetery

Illustrated by Dolly Peltier

What is the relationship between economic progress in the land now called Canada and the exploitation of Indigenous peoples

she personalizes the path from farm to fork with heart and skill

Pretty-shield vividly recalls the centuries-long traditions of the Crow people

The body of work Wilbur created serves to counteract the one-dimensional and archaic stereotypes of Native people in mainstream media and offers justice to the richness

Expansive and eye-opening

and much more

the author depicts a more complex Black Elk than has previously been known: a world traveler who participated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn yet lived through the beginning of the atomic age

That Native people were passive

" —Linda LeGarde Grover

Boarding School Seasons provides a multifaceted look at the aspirations and struggles of real people