Childhood Thoughts and Water Dogrib On a hot summer day

On a hot summer day

and other sacred dances

Other essays explore the role of the Indian Agents and missionaries played in regulating the moral

The rich collection contains stories with a dose of welcome humour mixed with serious topics that discuss reserve politics

and the Indian Act

Childhood Thoughts and Water Dogrib On a hot summer dayChildhood Thoughts and Water by John McDonald, a sixth generation direct descendant of Nehiyawak Chief Mistawasis and resident on Treaty Six Territory in Northern Saskatchewan, is a collection of beat poetry, spoken word, performance art and lyrical verse. This is a work which journeys into the memories and events of an urban Indigenous warrior's struggles to reconnect with a language and culture that is seemingly always almost out of reach. The