Introduction

Foreword

Indigenous people are storytellers.
Fiction

Buffalo Gothic

On my fourth day at Pete’s apartment, the smart speaker addresses me.

Saint Nick

I’m drunk, teetering east down Ellice at Spence just after midnight on Christmas Eve-Eve when Santa’s boot trips me up.

Lucky Chance

A derby was projected against the walls of the casino’s event centre, broadcasting a racehorse that had broken its leg and was being euthanized on the track.
Hybrid/Experimental

A space for exploring experimental and multi-form writing in combination with disciplines including (but not limited to) visual art, mixed-media, science and technology, audio, performance, and video; a space of endless possibility.

Poetry

"My Brother, Om’ahkokata (gopher)" and "iniskim (buffalo calling stones)"

My song is the gopher and I am my song.

CREE GIRL UNHARDENS HERSELF TO BECOME SOFT

If I were to write a novel about a Cree girl, people would probably think it was autobiographical even though the book will clearly state fiction.

Urban Sprawl

It’s getting darker and the orange light gleams off the wet pavement, now I’m seeing things.
Essays

Birth Stories, Adoption, and Myths

Imagine learning the word “adoption” at the same time you learn words like “mother,” “father,” “home,” ”birth,” or “safe.”

Lii Deu Faam Kaa-Wiikihtochik / The Two Women Wed

Ooma l’istwer gii-wiihtamaak moñ noñk kaa-wiihtamaakot oohkoma. Aeñ n-istwer ooma oohkoma sa famii oschi kaa-wiihtamaakot moñ noñk apre achiyew daañ l’apital ee-ayaat.