Synopses & Reviews
Winner, McNally Robinson Book of the Year 2020
Winner, Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher 2020
Winner, Cybils Award, Young Adult Graphic Novels 2019
Winner, Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Award, Graphic Novel 2021
Nominated, Doug Wright Award for Best Book 2020
Nominated, Gene Day Award for Anthology Collections 2020
Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact.
Each story includes a timeline of related historical events and a personal note from the author. Find cited sources and a select bibliography for further reading in the back of the book. The accompanying teacher guide includes curriculum charts and 12 lesson plans to help educators use the book with their students.
This is one of the 200 exceptional projects funded through the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter initiative. With this $35M initiative, the Council supports the creation and sharing of the arts in communities across Canada.
Review
"[T]his collection provides invaluable opportunity to hear voices that are featured all too rarely in literature and is a worthwhile addition to collections." Summer Hayes, Booklist
Review
"[A] breathtaking comics anthology...this mix of powerful storytelling and memorable illustrations is a place to begin a dialogue with Indigenous peoples in Canada." Jeffrey Canton, The Globe and Mail
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"An illuminating, self-assured graphic novel anthology in which every panel reads like a radical act." Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Contributors include Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Jen Storm, Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette, and Chelsea Vowel
Illustrated by Tara Audibert, Kyle Charles, GMB Chomichuk, Natasha Donovan, Scott B. Henderson, Andrew Lodwick, Scott A. Ford, Donovan Yaciuk, and Ryan Howe