"as if we will always be here

Bkejwanong means “where the waters part

In separate sections describing the major areas of use

She encounters racism and ridicule

Hunter with Harpoon buffalo "as if we will alwaysPublished fifty years ago under the title Harpoon of the Hunter, Markoosie Patsauq's novel helped establish the genre of Indigenous fiction in Canada. This new English translation unfolds the story of Kamik, a young hero who comes to manhood while on a perilous hunt for a wounded polar bear. In this astonishing tale of a people struggling for survival in a brutal environment, Patsauq describes a life in the Canadian Arctic as one that is reliant on