Judii Merle

Anishinaabe grandmother Judii Merle has cleverly woven tradition and history, using Ojibwe phrases, words and pronunciation, and with it, cultural authenticity, to tell her semi-biographical story. Wabanang encounters along the way both kind and cantankerous Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who shape her life and memories of coming of age as an Ojibwe girl and of the dehumanizing residential school experience. As this young kwe matures, we witness...