Building a Nest from the Bones of my People Dual Language The boys invent their playmates

The boys invent their playmates and carry on a dialogue with them

making kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân / The Way I Remember It an important and unique memoir that emphasizes and celebrates Solomon Ratt’s perseverance and life after residential school

The windigoes

and feminist studies in the proper frame—Indigenous self-determination

and colonization from the early nineteenth to the late twentieth century

Building a Nest from the Bones of my People Dual Language The boys invent their playmatesCara Lyn Morgan comes from both Indigenous (Metis) and Immigrant (Trinidadian) roots in the place known as Turtle Island and Canada. Motherhood, trauma, and familial history are woven together into a powerful collection. Beginning with a revelation of familial sexual abuse, Building a Nest from the Bones of My People charts the impact of this revelation on the speaker. From the pain of estrangement to navigating first time motherhood in the midst of a