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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"

Book Award Winner 2022

Indigenous Toronto: Stories That Carry This Place

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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.

Winner: 2022 Book Award

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

The jury felt Indigenous Toronto is a powerful book that tears down our conceptions of what we think of history and shows us how to reinterpret history in Toronto. The emphasis on multiple perspectives also demonstrates the breadth of Indigenous stories in the city.

 

 

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