Sanaaq : An Inuit Novel Cherokee one of the first Native

one of the first Native American women elected to Congress

he learns more about his father's traumatic childhood at residential school

of Anishinaabe and Métis descent

This incisive work unsettles dominant political narratives that cast Indigenous men as reactive and Indigenous women as apolitical

Sanaaq : An Inuit Novel Cherokee one of the first NativeSanaaq is an intimate story of an Inuit family negotiating the changes brought into their community by the coming of the qallunaat, the white people. Composed in 48 episodes, it recounts the daily life of Sanaaq, a strong and outspoken young widow, her daughter Qumaq, and their small semi nomadic community in northern Quebec. Here they live their lives hunting seal, repairing their kayak, and gathering mussels under blue sea ice before the tide comes