Hope Matters Plains Ojibwe and a reassertion of First

and a reassertion of First Nation identity

by documenting the rise and fall of North American transracial adoption projects

he is now at the University of California at Berkeley

John Wynne

2021 Governor General’s Literary Award Young People's Literature - Illustrated Books

Hope Matters Plains Ojibwe and a reassertion of FirstHope Matters, written by multiple award winner Lee Maracle, in collaboration with her daughters Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter, members of the Sto: lo Nation, focuses on the journey of Indigenous people from colonial beginnings to reconciliation. Maracle states that the book, "is also about the journey of myself and my two daughters." During their youth, Bobb and Carter wrote poetry with their mother, and eventually they all decided that one day they