I would like to begin by acknowledging that I am writing this at my kitchen table which is located on Treaty 6 territory and within the Métis Homeland, a traditional gathering place for diverse Indigenous Peoples (land and kitchen table both). I acknowledge my unhoused relatives in nearby encampments who ..read more

Folks, we need to talk. I’m shut up in the house again, windows tightly closed, air-filters running, because the outside air quality is absolutely terrible. It’s “wildfire season”. Meanwhile, a neighbour is burning leaves in their back yard, apparently oblivious to the smouldering garbage smell already permeating the block. With all the recent concerns about ..read more

tânisi kiyawâw, hello everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve written about Métis identity, and since the same misconceptions keep coming up, I thought I’d spend a little time addressing them, yet again. I’ve written about Métis identity before, specifically in this piece “You’re Métis? So which of your parents is an Indian?” and in ..read more

In her 2015 work, The White Possessive: Property, Power, and Indigenous Sovereignty, Aileen Moreton-Robinson (Goenpul from Minjerribah, Quandamooka FN) explores the way in which white nation-states (Australia, Canada, the United States, New Zealand) use racial logics to disrupt Indigenous territorial sovereignty explicitly through structures of colonial territorial possession. “The white possessive” is not simply the ..read more

I am excited to announce that due to me getting serious about having a year of “saying no,” my schedule is finally starting to clear up. I’ve gone from doing an average of forty events a year to having just a handful in 2022. So what does this mean for my Patreon? Well, most importantly ..read more

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tânisi nitôtêmitik, hello my friends, how are you? I’ve been involved as mentor for the Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle since about May of this year, and as a result I’ve been thinking about writing a lot, and sort of everything associated with publishing. I thought I’d go ahead and share some of that here on ..read more

tânisi kiyawâw, I’m thrilled to share with you the book announcement for my upcoming collection of short stories Buffalo is the New Buffalo! You can pre-order it here: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/B/Buffalo-Is-the-New-Buffalo. It’s been awesome working with Arsenal Pulp Press on this. I deeply appreciate their patience as my life fell to pieces over the course of this ..read more

I am so excited to share this with you! It’s been two years now since the graphic novel collection, “This Place: 150 Years Retold” was released, and it remains one of the most amazing experiences I’ve had as a writer. It provided an opportunity to collaborate with so many amazing creative people, and resulted in ..read more

Last year, in response to statements issued by the Métis National Council and the Manitoba Métis Federation condemning Hereditary Chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en and land defenders, we organized a statement of solidarity. You can see that post, and the signatories here. Today, I am going to share with you another grassroots Métis response to ongoing ..read more