The Emma LaRocque Reader : On Being Human Pedagogy “I have never tried to

“I have never tried to prove that I was Indian through my art

This 68-page French language book from the Union of Ontario Indians is designed to inform readers and students about First Nations treaties in Ontario

Johnny’s voice makes his stories accessible to readers young and old

the Peace Potlatch

and beating “Western history painting at its own game” (The Globe and Mail)

The Emma LaRocque Reader : On Being Human Pedagogy “I have never tried toEdited by Elaine Coburn, an associate professor of international studies at York University. Emma LaRocque was born in 1949 in Lac La Biche into a Cree speaking Mtis family. She grew up in a one room, kerosene lit log cabin built by her father. At the age of nine, she fought her parents to attend school, where she encountered English and the colonizers harmful stereotypes of Indigenous Peoples. Confronting the contradictions of colonialism sparked her