Occupation: Novelist Birth: October 31, 1966
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..
There were incredibly complex societies already existing in North America long before Europeans arrived. So many people think that before European co….
There's a few scholars that object to how the italicized sections suggest that Native people are to take some part in the blame for how colonization ….
There's the concept that dreams are as important - if not more important - than reality. The attention that one pays to those things in the shadows i….
Canada and America are very, very different. It's true that we share a language and many customs. But Americans have a very different view of the wor….
America seems to celebrate its more violent past, but Canada doesn't like to recognize those things. The willingness to accept the existence of viole….
From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge..
Being a mixed-blood person of Ojibway and European ancestry, I always found that I only heard one side of the story - that was the conquerers' side, ….
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 h….
Sometimes, it's not getting what we want that offers us the most important Lessons.
We all fight on two fronts, the one facing the enemy, the one facing what we do to the enemy..
The history needs to serve the story, not the story the history. But at the same time you can't stray too far..
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 viewi….
I say that humans are the only ones in this world that need everything within it. but there is nothing in the world that needs us for its survival. W….
The world is a different place in this new century, [...]. And we are a different people. My visions still come but no one listens any longer to what….
As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work..
The beliefs of Native people are no less powerful or important just because they focus on a different "form of magic.".
Compared to Americans, Canadians are often more gentle in their approach to things. They're much more apologetic. There's less room for conflict..
I never want to play down to the reader. I think readers are willing to go along if they're intrigued..
There’s something sexy in cooking for a man who likes my food. Am I growing up?.
Fascinating, often hilarious, always devastatingly truthful, The Inconvenient Indian is destined to become a classic of historical narrative. For tho….