Dancing On Our Turtle's Back Metis and artist

and artist

their souls become the Northern Lights

many Métis begin to settle on road allowances and railway land

both men vanished from their remote lakeside camp

this text is both a documentation of history and a deeply personal story of a human experience

Dancing On Our Turtle's Back Metis and artistDancing on Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re Creation, Resurgence and a New Emergence by Mississauga researcher, writer, and educator Leanne Simpson examines Ojibwe Creation stories, language, and the traditional knowledge of Elders to create an understanding of reconciliation. By challenging the status quo interpretation of reconciliation as it relates to Indigenous people, Leanne Simpson offers a thoughtful alternative means of reaching