When the Owl Calls Your Name Abenaki Arriving home on the reserve

Arriving home on the reserve had its good fortunes but also marked their partition

Two chapters discuss the roles of Six Nations of the Grand River and Tyendinaga in the development and understanding of Canadian history

traditional perspectives have a great deal to offer modern-day Canada

Hannah Loon

As the author notes in the introduction

When the Owl Calls Your Name Abenaki Arriving home on the reserveArtist Alan Syliboy studied privately with Shirley Bear and attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, where twenty five years later, he was invited to sit on the Board of Governors. Alan looks to the indigenous Mi'kmaw petroglyph tradition for inspiration and develops his own artistic vocabulary out of those forms. "The Owl Song" by Alan Syliboy & the Thundermakers is now a gorgeously illustrated book for all ages, exploring Mi'kmaw