She’d collected the dreams like bright beads on a string of nights that wound around her each day, every day until this one. (p173) - Cherie Dimaline

I learned very young that language and story are carriers of a much deeper reality, and that we have to fight for them the same way we fight to preserve culture and art.

I write what I understand and what fascinates and comforts me from within a place of knowing.

There must always be connection to nation when we tell stories. Taking a pan-Indigenous approach doesn’t work. Taking a colonial viewpoint doesn’t work. This changes the narrative of specific nations and is highly problematic. It leads to misunderstanding, misrepresentation, and stereotypes.