- I start the PDF with a snippet/synopsis from the novel, Mary and her Metis Grandma, when they witness a young sex trade worker being thrown from a car.
- Next I include some serious questions that Kelly White, a forever activist, asks about Police inactivity.
Victim consoles another
Our friend Magdalina was very upset and ran to comfort the girl who worked in the sex trade. The victim was scrambling to get out of the intersection but she was happy that she made it back to the hood alive and that she had a squat at an abandoned building. Magdalena starts to hear voices after witnessing the vilence.
Kelly asks important questions
Police inactivity
I am Indigenous Cree/Metis. Main accomplishments:
1) Mary and her Metis Grandma: a coming-of-age story. Based on true stories, this is a gripping work of auto-fiction / biography and memoir that results in historical accountability.
Filled with wisdom, grit and honesty, this is the journey of a Métis teenager overcoming personal grief, family traumas, witnessing the pain of others, and experiencing the healing power of a Grandma’s love.
Instead of succumbing to self-pity, Mary rises above her presumed narrative with courage and love as her Grandma takes Mary under her wing to guide her into the mature woman she will become.
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2) Moon Water: a documentary about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Moon Water was distributed primarily to educational institutions throughout N. America.
My childhood was spent in Jasper, Alberta, surrounded by nature. My amazing mother encouraged me to write stories and paint or draw pictures for her; she was my first teacher.
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