As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.

Fascinating, often hilarious, always devastatingly truthful, The Inconvenient Indian is destined to become a classic of historical narrative. For those who wish to better understand Native peoples, it is a must read. For those who don't wish to understand, it is even more so.

There’s something sexy in cooking for a man who likes my food. Am I growing up?

I believe truly that Canada is a living history and we're going through some of the most important time in this country's short 150 years.

I'm fascinated by the magic realism used by many writers. I think it goes hand-in-hand with the Indian experience. It's a very different way of viewing the world.

I'm a writer. I should be allowed to speak about my writing at times. And I'm really excited to speak about that. There's nothing I am shameful of or anything else in my novels. They are my children and I'm happy to speak about my children.

We aren't the masters of the earth. We're the servants.