Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships: Nehiyawak Narratives storytelling enlivened by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

enlivened by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas fabulous Haida-manga illustrations

In the captivating art of the oral tradition-told in the author's own voice

Fiona's desire to know more and her mother's reluctance to share stir up bitter feelings of anger and disappointment that slowly transform as she reads the stories into a warmer understanding of the difficulties of family

he devoted his life

Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships: Nehiyawak Narratives storytelling enlivened by Michael Nicoll YahgulanaasWhat is the relationship between economic progress in the land now called Canada and the exploitation of Indigenous peoples? And what gifts embedded within Indigenous world views speak to miyo pimtisiwin, the good life, and specifically to good economic relations? Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships draws on the knowledge systems of the nehiyawak (Plains Cree) to argue that economic exploitation was the initial and most enduring relationship