First published Nov. 14, 2016 ESSAY: Bonnie Campbell assumed she was English. As a young adult she was surprised to learn that her grandmother was the daughter of a Prussian-Jewish merchant Louis Oppenheim, of Yale, B.C., and his wife Nukwa (Hannah) of Spuzzum, daughter of the Nlaka’pamux Chief Oshamôt. Here, in another Ormsby Review exclusive,… Read more #42 Oppenheim: not Oppenheimer
First published Nov. 7, 2016 REVIEW: Paid Price: The Fight for First Nations Survival By Bev Sellars Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2016. $19.95 9780889229723 Reviewed by Eldon Yellowhorn. * Recycling is a common theme running through this book. Just like the 100% post-consumer recycled paper and the cover design, much of the historical rhetoric is reclaimed and… Read more #38 Fact, myth, and powerpoint
ESSAY: Across the Bright Continent: Althea Moody, Missionary and Artist in Western Canada by Jennifer Iredale First published October 21, 2016 * Missionary, linguist, educator, and artist Althea Moody (1865-1930) spent twenty years (1891-1911) teaching at the Anglican Church’s All Hallows School in Yale. This school admitted both “Indian” and “White” girls, making it exceptional… Read more #29 Althea Moody and All Hallows
First Published: September 24th, 2016 Arts of the Dreamer: Dane-zaa Communities Remember Charlie Yahey by Robin Ridington First Nations literature, as indeed all literature, begins with oral narrative. Writing has never entirely replaced orality as a narrative genre, even in cultures that have produced written documents for millenia. For many First Nations, oral literature continues… Read more #20 Master orator Charlie Yahey