and sovereignty that have taken generations to ratify may be seriously—and permanently—undermined

These are the kinds of questions addressed by contributors to this unusual and pathbreaking book

interprets

these slices of life and matchless takes on urban-Indigenous identity disrupt the colonial narrative and provide commentary on popular culture

Flickering through the chaos are signs of increasing repression: a shaken Cedar witnesses a family wrenched apart when police violently drag a mother from her husband and child in a parking lot

I Am Not a Number women and sovereignty that have takenWhen Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school, she is confused, frightened and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from despite being told to do otherwise. When she goes home for summer holidays, her parents decide never to send her away again, but where will she hide and what will happen when her parents disobey the law?