Possessing Meares Island A Historian's Journey into the Past of Clayoquot Sound Hopi Author and Mitsitam Cafe chef

Author and Mitsitam Cafe chef Richard Hetzler spent years researching Native American dishes and food practices for this stunning cookbook

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She is also an adopted member of the Gitanyow (Gitksan) House of Luuxhon

This is an engaging and accessible read about how Indigenous Peoples have moved to centre stage with issues such as the environment and natural resources

Richard Wagamese is Ojibway from the Wabasseemoong First Nation and has worked newspaper reporter and a broadcaster for radio and TV

Possessing Meares Island A Historian's Journey into the Past of Clayoquot Sound Hopi Author and Mitsitam Cafe chefCentred on Meares Island, located near Tofino on Vancouver Islands west coast, Possessing Meares Island weaves a unique history out of the mists of time by connecting eighteenth century Indigenous colonial trade relations to more recent historical upheavals. Gough invites readers to enter a dramatic epoch of BCs coastal history and watch the Nuu chah nulth nations spearhead the maritime sea otter trade, led by powerful chiefs like Wickaninnish and