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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 ...