Autobiography as Indigenous Intellectual Tradition

Discusses Indigenous intellectual traditions; Cree and Métis literature; Indigenous writing and the Canadian publishing industry; destructive editing practices; autobiography as theoretical practice

Examines Maria Campbell's Halfbreed as an example of censored Indigenous writing; Edward Ahenakew's Black Hawk and James Brady's archive as examples of lack of opportunity historically in the Canadian publishing industry

Claims autobiography as an Indigenous tradition rather than modeled on a European one; it models a blend of autobiographical writing and archival research as method.