The Power of Story : On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era Plains Cree Ian Ross (Metis playwright)

Ian Ross (Metis playwright)

and playwright and the author of Rez Road Follies and Walking the Rez Road

to give Indigenous culture its identity and not shed this off like an inconvenient skin

a development that some critics have called the Native Renaissance

He left the army in 1967 and was stationed in Germany for many years

The Power of Story : On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era Plains Cree Ian Ross (Metis playwright)Award winning Indigenous author Harold R. Johnson discusses the promise and potential of storytelling. Approached by an ecumenical society representing many faiths, from Judeo Christians to fellow members of First Nations, Harold R. Johnson agreed to host a group who wanted to hear him speak about the power of storytelling. This book is the outcome of that gathering. In The Power of Story, Johnson explains the role of storytelling in every aspect of