![]() As the book opens we learn that Lisa Marie has recently lost her brother Jimmy, who disappeared while on a fishing trip. The story centers on a main character, Lisa Marie Hill, who is a Haisla woman who lives on the Northwest coast of British Columbia. One of my favorite ways to explore another world is through literature, so I want to review Eden Robinson’s work, Monkey Beach. ![]() With the “Idle No More” protests sweeping Canada, and the deplorable conditions in Attawapiskat gaining national attention, these issues have now gained global media coverage. People typically think of peoples such as the Kurds when they refer to stateless nations, but less attention is given to indigenous nations. As a result, indigenous peoples are often made invisible in Global and International Studies. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Australia, Canada and the United States the media generally depicts First Nations with reference to a distant past, while little attention is given to questions of colonialism and postcolonialism. Image of Winter Forest courtesy of Evgeni Dinev at Īs I discussed in an earlier post, I am currently working on a project about Algonquian peoples and religion in the Canadian north. ![]()
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