Pine Bugs and .303's : A Novel Ojibwa and her intentions are complicated

and her intentions are complicated by her dangerous compassion for the man who wronged her

His uncles

In addition to bringing sunlight to the First Peoples

kpno'l pun apoqnmuapni wla amaliteka'tikete'j

Akiwenzie-Damm's afterword speaks to the relations and obligations Indigenous peoples have to one another and their other-than-human kin

Pine Bugs and .303's : A Novel Ojibwa and her intentions are complicatedPine Bugs and . 303s is the story of two families in Northwestern Ontario by author Ernie Louttit, a member of the Missanabie Cree Nation. Elmer Wabason, a Cree man and Gilbert Bertrand, a white man grew up three miles apart. Until World War II they had never met. The town and the reserve are separated by the newly named Trans Canada Highway. A fast paced story uncovering the bond of soldiers, the strength of women, the impact of racism and