"This Place is the graphic novel I’ve waited for my whole life, and the graphic novel Canada has needed for 150 years." —Jesse Wente, broadcaster and film critic
Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact.
Each story includes a timeline of related historical events and a personal note from the author. Find cited sources and a select bibliography for further reading in the back of the book. The accompanying teacher guide includes curriculum charts and 12 lesson plans to help educators use the book with their students.
This is one of the 200 exceptional projects funded through the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter initiative. With this $35M initiative, the Council supports the creation and sharing of the arts in communities across Canada.
Show more"This Place is the graphic novel I’ve waited for my whole life, and the graphic novel Canada has needed for 150 years." —Jesse Wente, broadcaster and film critic
Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact.
Each story includes a timeline of related historical events and a personal note from the author. Find cited sources and a select bibliography for further reading in the back of the book. The accompanying teacher guide includes curriculum charts and 12 lesson plans to help educators use the book with their students.
This is one of the 200 exceptional projects funded through the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter initiative. With this $35M initiative, the Council supports the creation and sharing of the arts in communities across Canada.
Show moreKateri Akiwenzie-Damm (she/her/hers) is a writer, poet, spoken-word
performer, librettist, and activist from the Chippewas of Nawash
Unceded First Nation, Saugeen Ojibway Nation, as well as an
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, Indigenous Literatures and
Oral Traditions at the University of Toronto Scarborough. She is
the founder and Managing Editor of Kegedonce Press which was
established in 1993 to publish the work of Indigenous creators.
Kateri has written two books of poetry, was a contributor to the
graphic novel anthology This Place: 150 Years Retold, was editor of
the award-winning Skins: Contemporary Indigenous Writing, and has
released two poetry and music CDs. Kateri's work has been published
internationally, and she has performed and spoken around the world.
(Re)Generation: The Poetry of Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, a book of
collected poems, was released by Wilfrid Laurier Press in 2021 and
the translation of her first collection of poetry, Mon coeur est
une balle perdue, was released in 2024 by Le Noroît. Her poem
restitution OR Nanabush speaks to the settlers was shortlisted for
the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize.
Sonny Assu is an interdisciplinary artist whose diverse practice is
informed by a deep connection to Kwakwaka’wakw art and culture and
melded with
western/pop principles of art making. His work has been accepted
into the National Gallery of Canada, Seattle Art Museum, Vancouver
Art Gallery and into various public and private collections across
Canada, the US, and the UK. He currently resides in unceded
Ligwiłda’xw territory (Campbell River, BC).
From Listuguj, Quebec, Brandon Mitchell is the founder of Birch
Bark Comics and creator of the Sacred Circles comic series, which
draws on his Mi’kmaq heritage. He has written five books with the
Healthy Aboriginal Network, (Lost Innocence, Drawing
Hope, River Run, Making it Right, and Emily’s Choice). Brandon
has written and illustrated Jean-Paul’s Daring Adventure: Stories
from Old Mobile for the University of Alabama, as well as two
Mi'qmaq language-based stories for the Listuguj Education
Directorate. He has also completed an art installation for Heritage
and Culture New Brunswick. Brandon currently resides in
Fredericton, New Brunswick.@writerbrandonmitchell
Of Inuit-Cree ancestry, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley was born
in a tent on northernmost Baffin Island. She learned Inuit survival
lore from her father, surviving residential school and attending
university. In 2012, she was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond
Jubilee Medal for numerous cultural writings. Of Scottish-Mohawk
ancestry, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley was born in southern Ontario,
learning woodcraft and stories from his father. Training as an
artist, then writer, Sean’s sci-fi work won 2nd place at the
California-based Writers of the Future contest, published by Galaxy
Press. Rachel and Sean have worked for decades as Arctic
researchers and consultants. In writing together, they have
published 10 successful books and many shorter works, celebrating
the history and uniqueness of Arctic shamanism, cosmology, and
cosmogony. Their novel, Skraelings: Clashes in the Old
Arctic, was a Governor General Awards Finalist and First Prize
Burt Award winner.
Of Inuit-Cree ancestry, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley was born
in a tent on northernmost Baffin Island. She learned Inuit survival
lore from her father, surviving residential school and attending
university. In 2012, she was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond
Jubilee Medal for numerous cultural writings. Of Scottish-Mohawk
ancestry, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley was born in southern Ontario,
learning woodcraft and stories from his father. Training as an
artist, then writer, Sean’s sci-fi work won 2nd place at the
California-based Writers of the Future contest, published by Galaxy
Press. Rachel and Sean have worked for decades as Arctic
researchers and consultants. In writing together, they have
published 10 successful books and many shorter works, celebrating
the history and uniqueness of Arctic shamanism, cosmology, and
cosmogony. Their novel, Skraelings: Clashes in the Old
Arctic, was a Governor General Awards Finalist and First Prize
Burt Award winner.
David A. Robertson (he/him/his) is a two-time winner of the
Governor General's Literary Award, has won the TD Canadian
Children’s Literature Award, as well as the Writer's Union of
Canada Freedom to Read award. He has received several other
accolades for his work as a writer for children and adults,
podcaster, public speaker, and social advocate. He was honoured
with a Doctor of Letters by the University of Manitoba for
outstanding contributions in the arts and distinguished
achievements in 2023. He is a member of Norway House Cree Nation
and lives in Winnipeg.
Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, PhD., (he/him/his) is Anishinaabe
(St. Peter’s/Little Peguis) and an associate professor at the
University of Manitoba. He regularly speaks and writes about
Indigenous issues for national and international media outlets and
his writing appears bi weekly in the Winnipeg Free Press. He has
also published short stories in books like The Exile Edition of
Native Canadian Fiction and Drama and graphic novels like This
Place: 150 Years Retold. He is the 2018 recipient of a National
Newspaper Award for best Canadian Columnist and also was named 2019
Peace Educator of the Year by the Peace and Justice Studies
Association at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Niigaan is
co-editor of the award-winning Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings
from the Land of Water and Centering Anishinaabeg Studies:
Understanding the World Through Stories and the editorial director
of The Debwe Series (published by HighWater Press).
Jen Storm (she/her/hers) is an Ojibwe writer from Couchiching First
Nation in Northwestern Ontario. She lives and raises her family,
which includes her son, River, and stepson, Axel, in Winnipeg,
Manitoba. Jen completed Deadly Loyalties, her first novel, at age
fourteen and has continued writing ever since.
Richard Van Camp (he/him/his) is a proud member of the Tłı̨chǫ
Nation from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. He is the author of
more than 25 books including The Lesser Blessed (also a feature
film), the Eisner Award–nominated graphic novel A Blanket of
Butterflies (with Scott B. Henderson), and Three Feathers (also a
feature film). He is a contributor to the groundbreaking graphic
novel anthology This Place: 150 Years Retold. Richard is also the
author of five collections of short stories, including Night Moves,
and six baby books, including the award-winning Little You (with
Julie Flett).
katherena vermette (she/her/hers) is a Red River Métis (Michif)
writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation,
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
In 2013, her first book, North End Love Songs (The Muses’ Company)
won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry. Since then,
her work has garnered awards and critical accolades across genres.
Her novels The Break (House of Anansi) and The Strangers (Hamish
Hamilton) were both national best sellers and won multiple literary
awards.
She is the author of numerous other bestselling titles, including
the A Girl Called Echo series (HighWater Press) and the Seven
Teachings Stories series (HighWater Press).
Chelsea Vowel is Métis from manitow-sâkahikan (Lac Ste. Anne)
Alberta, residing in amiskwacîwâskihikan (Edmonton). Mother to six
girls, she has a BEd, an LLB, and a MA, and is a Cree language
instructor at the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of
Alberta. Chelsea is a public intellectual, writer, and educator
whose work intersects language, gender, Métis self-determination,
and resurgence. Author of Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First
Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada, she and her
co-host Molly Swain produce the Indigenous feminist sci-fi podcast
Métis in Space, and co-founded the Métis in Space Land Trust.
Chelsea blogs at apihtawikosisan.com and makes legendary
bannock.
Tara Audibert is a Wolatoqiyik artist, film maker, and illustrator
with 20 years’ experience in animation, comics, and fine art. Tara
aspires to combine traditional First Nations art and storytelling
with contemporary design and digital mediums. She runs Moxy Fox
Studio and her first independent animated film The Importance of
Dreaming, was released in 2017. She is a founder of the Ni’gweg
Collective and the app “NITAP: Legends of the First Nations.”
@MoxyFoxStudio
Kyle Charles is a writer/illustrator living in Edmonton, Alberta.
He has drawn for several series including Roche Limit: Clandestiny
and Her Infernal Descent. He has also written and illustrated short
stories for publishers like Heavy Metal and OnSpec Magazine. When
not busy at the drawing table, Kyle spends much of his time
teaching comics to local students. He is a member of Whitefish Lake
First Nation.
GMB Chomichuk is an award-winning writer and illustrator whose work
has appeared in film, television, books, comics and graphic novels.
His most recent work with HighWater Press, Will I See?, was a
collaboration with writer David A. Robertson and singer/songwriter
Iskwē. He writes and/or illustrates occult suspense stories like
Midnight City, science fiction works like Red Earth, or
inspirational all-ages adventure stories like Cassie and Tonk. He
is the host of Super Pulp Science a podcast about how genre gets
made. His newest full length graphic novel Apocrypha: The Legend of
Babymetal was featured on The Hollywood Reporter, The Nerdist, and
Billboard Magazine.
Natasha Donovan (she/her/hers) is a Métis illustrator originally
from Vancouver, British Columbia. Her sequential work has been
published in This Place: 150 Years Retold, Wonderful Women of
History, and Thomas King's graphic novel Borders. She is the
illustrator of the award-winning Surviving the City graphic
novel series and Mothers of Xsan children's book series, as well
as Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee
Aerospace Engineer. She currently lives by the Nooksack River in
Washington State. @natashamdonovan
Scott B. Henderson (he/him) is a freelance illustrator, whose
reputation for cultural sensitivity and an openness to listen and
learn has garnered a large body of work in collaboration with
Indigenous and LGBTQIA+ communities. His work spans several
critically acclaimed graphic novels, including 7 Generations: A
Plains Cree Saga (Indigenous history & Residential Schools); A Girl
Called Echo series (Métis history); A Blanket of Butterflies (2016
Eisner Nomination); a short story in Marvel Voices: Pride #1
(2022); and the post-apocalypse graphic novel, Last Breeds (fall
2024). Scott is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. He resides in
Winnipeg with his partner.
Andrew Lodwick (he/him/his) is the illustrator of The Rebel:
Gabriel Dumont and the story "Warrior Nation" in This Place: 150
Years Retold. A lifelong resident of Winnipeg, he has a BFA (Hons)
from the University of Manitoba School of Art. Andrew has worked
for many years at Martha Street Studio as technician, custom screen
printer, and Studio Manager. He also maintains a personal art
practice including printmaking and design work, as well as the Riso
print collective, Parameter Press (parameter-press.com), which he
co-founded in 2014.
Scott A. Ford is an award-winning comic creator, illustrator, and
designer from Winnipeg, Manitoba. His comic projects include
Romulus + Remus, Giants’ Well, and Ark Land. His work has been
featured in galleries and publications, on beer cans and book
covers. He has also spoken about his artistic practice at numerous
public presentations about art and design. Check out all of Scott’s
art and comic projects at scottafordart.com.
Since 1998, Donovan Yaciuk (he/him/his) has coloured books
published by Marvel, DC, Dark Horse comics, and HighWater Press
including the A Girl Called Echo and The Reckoner Rises
series, as well as select stories in This Place: 150 Years
Retold. Donovan holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the
University of Manitoba and began his career as a part of the
legendary, now-defunct Digital Chameleon colouring studio. He lives
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with his wife and two daughters.
Ryan Howe (he/him/his) is a Canadian cartoonist who fell in love
with comics’ unique storytelling language at some point earlier
than he can remember, and has been hooked ever since. He’s been
collaborating with other comics creators since 2003, providing art
for various projects and genres on both the web and in print.
Jen Storm (she/her/hers) is an Ojibwe writer from Couchiching First
Nation in Northwestern Ontario. She lives and raises her family,
which includes her son, River, and stepson, Axel, in Winnipeg,
Manitoba. Jen completed Deadly Loyalties, her first novel, at age
fourteen and has continued writing ever since.
This Place is the graphic novel I’ve waited for my whole life,
and the graphic novel Canada has needed for 150 years.The stories
contained within its pages are both beautifully rendered and
vitally necessary. They represent a history not only largely untold
and unknown, but one obscured, hidden from sight, so that other
stories may occupy a privileged place in defining a national story.
Their importance is exquisitely captured on these pages, told by
some of the leading artists working today. This is an essential
book, for comic fans, teachers, and anyone who wants to learn the
stories of this place we now share.
*Jesse Wente, broadcaster and film critic*
Ambitious in scope and strong in execution, this collection
succeeds in prompting readers to remember (or learn) Indigenous
history
*The Horn Book Magazine*
An illuminating, self-assured graphic novel anthology in which
every panel reads like a radical act.
*Kirkus Reviews*
[A] breathtaking comics anthology...this mix of powerful
storytelling and memorable illustrations is a place to begin a
dialogue with Indigenous peoples in Canada.
*The Globe and Mail*
this collection provides invaluable opportunity to hear voices that
are featured all too rarely in literature and is a worthwhile
addition to collections.
*Booklist*
Selected for AICL's Best Books of 2019
*American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL)*
a solid addition to....curriculum...as it specifically addresses
social, political, economic and cultural challenges in Indigenous
communities. Most importantly, the collection points Indigenous
students toward seeing themselves, hearing their own voices and
stories, and reading about the perspectives of their ancestors and
their communities.
*Professionally Speaking Magazine, Ontario College of Teachers*
This is the power of storytelling. It's going deeper and truer than
the history books and the newspaper accounts. It's bringing the
stories to the people for the people and doing it for the right
reasons: to teach and to illuminate. This Place: 150 Years
Retold is the dawn to a new storytelling tradition that
doesn't need to be held back. It should be shouted forward from now
on.
*CanLit for LittleCanadians*
Selected for School Library Journal's Best Books 2019, Best
Graphic Novels
*School Library Journal*
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