Indigenous Toronto: Stories That Carry This Place

A book cover of a woman with blue hair, a red and white shirt, and yellow pants. She is standing in front of a depiction of Toronto's skyline with her right arm raised to the sky. The cover reads "Indigenous Toronto: Stories That Carry This Place, Edited by: Denise Bolduc, Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere, Rebeka Tabobondung, Brian Wright-McLeod" — Cover of “Indigenous Toronto: Stories That Carry This Place”, 2022 Heritage Toronto Book Award nominee. Art by Monique Aura Bedard. Cover design by Crystal Sikma.

Cover of “Indigenous Toronto: Stories That Carry This Place”, 2022 Heritage Toronto Book Award nominee. Art by Monique Aura Bedard. Cover design by Crystal Sikma.

Editors: Denise Bolduc, Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere, Rebeka Tabobondung, Brian Wright-McLeod

Publisher: Coach House Books

Indigenous Toronto: Stories that Carry this Place is a unique anthology that brings together contributions by Indigenous Elders, scholars, journalists, artists, and historians to explore the Indigenous histories of this region, and the vibrant cultures and Indigenous presence that thrive in this city today.

“This book is a reflection of endurance and a helpful corrective to settler fantasies. It tells a more balanced account of our communities, then and now. It offers the space for us to reclaim our ancestors’ language and legacy, rewriting ourselves back into a landscape from which non Indigenous historians have worked hard to erase us. But we are there in the skyline and throughout the GTA, along the coast and in all directions. ” – from the introduction by Hayden King

List of Contributors:

Hayden King
Ange Loft
Wanda Nanibush
Margaret Sault
Ron Williamson
Louis Lesage
Stacey Taylor
Rebeka Tabobondung
Philip Cote
Erica Commanda
Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere
Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
Elaine Bomberry
Brian Wright-McLeod

Bonnie Devine
Denise Bolduc
Drew Hayden Taylor
Daniel David Moses
Falen Johnson
Margaret Cozry
Susan Blight
Kerry Potts
Pauline Shirt (Nimkiiquay)
Miles Morrisseau
Andre Morriseau
Nadya Kwandibens
Jason Ryle
Lila Pine
Sarena Johnson
Johl Whiteduck Ringuette