In many native cultures, the young are trained and taught new traditions and skills by the appropriate knowledge and skill keepers. To formalize a new position gained or earned, an initiation ceremony ...

At times heart-stopping, at times heartbreaking, but always alive with a mixture of irresistible characters and real emotions, this story is a testament to the saving graces of community, of family, of ...

When Sky Woman fell from the upper world through a hole in the sky, earth was born. Since then, as Indigenous women, we have been resourceful, resilient and remarkable in our will to keep falling and ...

Journey into Shuswap country in the time of early colonization. A neighbouring Indian tribe from over the Rocky Mountains abducts a group of Shuswap women and a great tale of trouble and triumph unfolds. ...

Gatherings is an anthology compiled by the En'owkin Centre, an Indigenous post-secondary institution designed to develop writers and artists by using the practices of, and implementing, Indigenous knowledge ...

This year's theme of Reconciliation: Elders as Knowledge Keepers brings together a unique blend of stories and poems from Aboriginal authors. The writers reflect on their experiences of learning from ...

We are again proud to present another annual volume of Gatherings: The En'owkin Journal of First North American Peoples. The theme of Volume XII is "Transformation" and the work by Indigenous authors ...

I now realize what a monumental task it is for the editors and Theytus Books to publish Gatherings on an annual basis. However, I also understand the importance of publishing a current and vibrant collection ...

This is the second novel by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier. This murder mystery is set in the foothills of the Rockies. The main character, Christine, is a Métis woman who struggles to deal with the sudden ...

The second novel by renowned Okanagan author Jeannette Armstrong traces the life of a young Native woman on a reserve who is exposed to pesticides while working as a fruit picker in the Okanagan Valley. ...