This brilliant book is a kind of Rebel Girls and Boys, for one specific set of communities, and it comes with a lot of charge behind it – and I speak as someone not in its primary intended audience. This is a book to highlight and honour many people that should be famous, at least in their indigenous peoples – the Mi'kmaq. It covers campaigners, artists, other cultural experts, educators, and so much more, and there is so little reason to critique it it can go down as an example for other such corners of the world.

Canada clearly had a dodgy relationship with its "Indians" – a term suitably on the way out as nasty and disparaging, as well as incorrect. We're told many warriors returned from the World Wars and found they'd been away too long – bang goes their "Indian" status and rights, and welfare etc. Women who married outside their heritage? Bang goes theirs, too. That's before you think about priests trying to ban the indigenous language for threat of damnation, and of course all the heinous residential schools and forced adoptions. And that's only the first chapter – like I say, a lot of charge.

The book is a nicely produced volume, not as illustrated as some, but with an ease of reading to let a lot of this be absorbed well. It chooses a matter-of-fact reportage, as opposed to the Rebel Girls' slightly annoying choice of fictional dressing. What artwork there is is so full of character, and almost a colourised-old-blurry-photo feel. One may note the few numbers of families mentioned, looking back, but there are still enough very young people featured here to prove the L'nu'k are here to stay, and this volume will hinder that brilliant future not one bit. Exemplary.

Wonderful and informative book about the people Mi’kma’ki- indigenous Canadian people I didn’t know anything until now. Reading stories about the artists, entrepreneurs, politicians, law makes etc., who try their hardest to bring back and represent their and their ancestors’ culture every single day was an eye opener. I definitely need to do some more reading about the indigenous Canada.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to develop my knowledge about the Mi’kmaq Nation❤️❤️❤️

I read this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. All thoughts are my own.
I was very excited to see this title as a possibility to read on NetGalley. I am on my own personal journey of Reconciliation, and so being able to read the stories of these amazing Indigenous Canadians from the Atlantic provinces was amazing. The stories are very well written, and full of detail. The language is beautifully written in a way that upper elementary students and junior high students could easily comprehend and learn. I look forward to buying a paper copy when it is released to add to my permanent collection. Thank you!