Or so they think until a mysterious man who smells like pine needles enters their lives and teaches them his story of the raven

herbalist and careful observer of the patterns and power of their territory

' a fluent speaker of Blackfoot from the Kainai (Blood) reserve in southern Alberta

It made us for a very special reason

in a true Inupiaq voice

A Grandmother Begins the Story Mohican Or so they think untilAward winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original story of the unrivaled desire for healing and the power of familial bonds across five generations of Mtis women and the land and bison that surround them. Written like a crooked Mtis jig, A Grandmother Begins the Story follows five generations of women and bison as they reach for the stories that could remake their worlds and rebuild their futures. Carter is a