Sometimes, it's not getting what we want that offers us the most important Lessons

Sometimes, it's not getting what we want that offers us the most important Lessons

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.

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

During World War I the Canadians were the shock troops. In many historical cases, Canadians have been very proficient at killing, and doing what we have to in order to survive. But no one wants to acknowledge that fact.

When I die, nieces, I want to be cremated, my ashes taken up in a bush plane and sprinkled onto the people in town below. Let them think my body is snowflakes, sticking in their hair and on their shoulders like dandruff.

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