Laughing with the Trickster : On Sex, Death, and Accordions Metis Ottawa (Odawa)

Ottawa (Odawa)

inter-relational and interdependent with Indigenous philosophies

The author concludes that despite support in social media for Theresa Spence’s hunger strike

cultural brokers

McGahey has fostered relationships with fluent speakers from nearby Bkejwanong

Laughing with the Trickster : On Sex, Death, and Accordions Metis Ottawa (Odawa)Ever the trickster, Tomson Highway, Cree novelist, childrens author, playwright, and musician, brings his signature irreverence to an exploration of five themes central to the human condition: language, creation, sex and gender, humour, and death. A comparative analysis of Christian, Classical, and Cree mythologies reveals how they have given form and substance to Western thought, life, and culture. Yet Indigenous mythologies provide unique, timeless