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  CBC 7/29/2026 CBC Wed, July 29, 2026 at 4:00 a.m. EDT 4 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Add Yahoo on Google Scott Olsen organized Indigenous Books for Indigenous Kids, with the hopes of getting books from Indigenous authors into the hands of Indigenous students at the high school he teaches at. (Submitted by Scott Olsen - image credit) A high school teacher in greater Edmonton is making sure Indigenous students at his school are seeing themselves reflected on the page.  Scott Olsen, a member of Saddle Lake Cree Nation who was raised in Edmonton, launched Indigenous Books for Indigenous Kids after waking up one Sunday morning with a simple thought.  "Man, I think I could do more," he said.  Olsen is a writer and teacher at Memorial Composite High School just outside of Edmonton, attended by students from nearby Paul First Nation. He started reaching out to Indigenous authors for donated books...

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  "Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, also known by her Ojibwe name Bamewawagezhikaquay, (Woman of the Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky), is considered by many to be one of the first Native American literary writers. "She was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.  Her mother, Ozhaguscodaywayquay, also known as 'Susan,' was the daughter of Chief Waubojeeg.  Jane's father, John Johnston, was an Irish fur trader. "Jane Johnston married Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, a geographer, geologist, ethnologist, and Indian agent. He encouraged her to write and likely influenced those writings." Michigan Women Forward , a nonprofit organization dedicated to the economic empowerment of women and minorities, digs deeper into Schoolcraft's rich history: Schoolcraft (1800 – 1842) is considered by literary scholars and historians to be the first known Native American writer. The granddaughter of the revered Ojibwe chief Waubojeeg, she began as early as ...

LISTEN: https://redcircle.com/shows/97996083-5fe9-41d5-824e-f069a412ed76   Shane Hawk on Meet Your Maker 43m | Jul 13, 2026 Brian and Jeff welcome Shane Hawk, a Cheyenne and Arapaho horror writer and editor, creator of the Native Horror Index, and contributing editor at Counterpoint Press acquiring and editing Indigenous North American writers. Hawk explains how horror can produce joy through safe distance, catharsis, and the chance to rewrite grim histories by letting Native characters survive and resist stereotypes. He recounts early influences (Goosebumps, Are You Afraid of the Dark, a childhood Halloween scare), returning to intense reading in adulthood, and self-publishing Anoka in 2020 before COVID led him to spearhead Never Whistle at Night with co-editor Ted Van Alst, evolving from a Discord/Twitter idea to a Vintage deal and major sales. He discusses horror community support, the anthology’s themes of revenge and community, his comfort centering Native perspec...

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“Do Indians Still Exist?” On Intergenerational Trauma and Indigenous Resilience Blair Palmer Yoxall Remembers the Family History That Inspired His Debut Novel Treat Them as Buffalo fertilized when I was five, riding in the backseat of my mom’s blue minivan along Cowboy Trail in the Alberta foothills. “Do Indians still exist?” I’d seen Indians in Westerns and comics and TV. They frightened me. From the rearview mirror, my mom seemed embarrassed when she chuckled. I knew my mom and I were Indigenous because her dad was. But the Indians I’d seen in movies dressed nothing like the people in my mom’s family. The Indians in Westerns had war paint and whooped like savages. The Indians in my family were all cowboys and cowgirls. Then when I was thirteen, my maternal grandfather passed away. My mom remembers my grandpa having an uncomfortable relationship with his mother. But I was close with my mom. Why couldn’t grandpa be close with his? By that point...

Cherokee science-fiction author Daniel H. Wilson blends ancient tales about extraterrestrials with up-to-date speculation about alien visitations in a new novel called "Hole in the Sky." Hole in the Sky: A Novel Indigenous knowledge meets science fiction in this creative page-turning thriller by New York Times bestselling author Daniel H. Wilson. March 2, 2026 In May and June 2026, the Science Friday Book Club will read “ Hole in the Sky ” by Daniel H. Wilson. “First contact imminent.” Thrilling from the start, “Hole in the Sky” takes readers on a science fiction adventure set in the heart of the Cherokee Nation. It’s up to an unlikely crew–a single dad, an astrophysicist, and a threat forecaster for the military–to decode a cryptic message and prepare for an unidentified object heading directly for Earth. You can get your copy from your local bookstore or on Bookshop.org . There are so many ways to dive in and participate! You...

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  Native Visual Sovereignty: A Reader on Art and Performance , edited by Candice Hopkins | Dancing Foxes Press, December 2025 If you saw the excellent Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 exhibition in 2023, you'll know how layered and diverse the history of Native performance art is, and even if you didn't see it, this may help get you up to speed. Starting with the well-known occupation of Alcatraz by Native activists in 1969, this reader makes the case that that important event kick-started an era of actions and performances that claimed public space for many groups who were facing erasure just a few decades before. This book centers Native agency, and that's exactly the story we should all be reading. — Hrag   Vartanian, editor-at-large Native Visual Sovereignty: A Reader on Art and Performance , edited by Candice Hopkins | Dancing Foxes Press, December 2025 If you saw the excellent Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, ...

Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book Nov 18, 2025   by Lucy Mercer Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.  © Sam Fisher I’m writing to make the case to you, the wider book industry, that small-press publishing is important.  I imagine this almost as if you are judges, perhaps peering over stacks of bestsellers, and I am one of the defendants.  Why is that?  Because really the situation is this: the industry is not supporting small-press publishers enough, not because it ought to, but because small-press publishing is the future of book production in this country. Fiction, poetry, non-fiction, hybrid books, artist books, broadsides, pamphlets, even vinyls and posters, beautifully written and beautifully printed. These are some things we could look at. Or I could say to you, small-press publishers are the spirit that animates our literature.   And you might say – why, what do they do?  For...

Brendan Basham is a Diné author, teacher and artist who lives in New Mexico, near the Navajo and Zuni Reservations. His debut novel, “ Swim Home to the Vanished ,” tells the story of a small-town Diné line cook and uses magical realism to explore themes of grief and redemption.   What words of advice do you have for aspiring writers or aspiring cooks? What would you say to those folks? BB: Number one for any young Native person: It doesn't matter what you want to do with your life, your story matters. Your story counts and it needs to be heard. Number two: If you're a young artist writer, you need to read everything you can get your hands on. All genres, all time eras. And you’ve got to travel a lot, and you’ve got to learn new languages and challenge any kind of preconceived notions of the world that you've had. Also: Don't forget where you come from. I want to see craft, I want people to make beautiful things. I don't want to see young Native writers wr...

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  Inuk writer Jamesie Fournier says scary monsters and horror stories often have important lessons and serve as cautionary tales for young people. (Photo courtesy of Jamesie Fourner) Arts and Culture    Oct 31, 2025  New anthology brings horror to the tundra Collection provides 12 spooky tales about zombies, monsters and other mythical creatures By Jorge Antunes A new anthology of Arctic horror stories includes modern interpretations of Inuit myths, zombies on the tundra and cannibal children. “When you encounter scary stories, in most cultures, they have that high interest value where they could be a little morbid or graphic or very da...