In her 1892 article “A Strong Race Opinion: On the Indian Girl in Modern Fiction” the Canadian First Nations author Pauline Johnson critiques the narrow, stereotyped representation of Indigenous women in fiction. She wrote a counter narrative in her short story “A Red Girl’s Reasoning”. In mainstream Amerindian stories written by white Canadians at the... Continue Reading →
The Original Inhabitants
Long before the Europeans arrived in Canada, there were people already living here. Their ancestors were nomads who crossed the Bering Strait from Siberia around 20,000 to 40,000 years ago. These rugged and brave people settled in the frozen wastelands of northern Alaska and the Yukon. It is a wonder that they were able to... Continue Reading →