Lee Maracle Libri

Exploring the intersection of womanhood, culture, and colonialism, this work reflects the author's personal journey and struggles as a Native woman. It aims to empower Native women by highlighting their unique challenges and perspectives within a feminist framework. The second edition maintains the original intent while offering insights into the sociological impacts of colonialism on Native women, underscoring the ongoing fight for political sovereignty and personal identity.

The narrative follows an Indigenous woman in North America as she navigates the challenges of oppression and discovers her strength. Through a candid autobiographical lens, the author examines post-colonial tensions in Toronto from 1960 to 1980, highlighting the pervasive racism and sexism impacting Indigenous women. This powerful exploration resonates with the ongoing struggles faced by Indigenous communities, making it a significant text in contemporary Indigenous and women's studies.

Set in the 1950s along the Pacific Northwest Coast, the narrative follows Stacey, a 17-year-old Native girl navigating the tensions between her family's traditions and the values of white society amidst an influenza epidemic. Her sister Celia experiences prophetic visions, while Raven serves as a guide, highlighting the need for cultural reconciliation. This poignant tale weaves together themes of identity, prophecy, and humor, offering a powerful critique of the cultural divide and the quest for understanding within an urban Native community.

This powerful novel by Lee Maracle follows Marilyn, a First Nations woman on a journey of self-discovery and healing. Through an innovative storytelling structure, she reconnects with her culture and reconciles with her estranged daughters, highlighting themes of courage, truth, and reconciliation in the modern world.

Winner of the Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award at the 2016 Alberta Book Publishing Awards! Memory Serves gathers together the oratories award-winning author Lee Maracle has delivered and performed over a twenty-year period. Revised for publication, the lectures hold the features and style of oratory intrinsic to the Salish people in general and the Sto: lo in particular. From her Coast Salish perspective and with great eloquence, Maracle shares her knowledge of Sto: lo history, memory, philosophy, law, spirituality, feminism and the colonial condition of her people. Powerful and inspiring, Memory Serves is an extremely timely book, not only because it is the first collection of oratories by one of the most important Indigenous authors in Canada, but also because it offers all Canadians, in Maracle's own words, "another way to be, to think, to know," a way that holds the promise of a "journey toward a common consciousness."