The Circle (PB) Birds reminds us why it’s so

reminds us why it’s so important to listen to our Elders and Knowledge Keepers

and the very bending of space-time continuums queered through NDN time

Not all the northern institutions are remembered similarly

and Aboriginal peoples will appreciate its careful consideration of an urgent issue facing Indigenous communities worldwide and the courts hearing their cases

Aboriginal authority

The Circle (PB) Birds reminds us why it’s sokatherena vermette (she her) is a Red River Mtis (Michif) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Mtis Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. vermette received the Governor Generals Literary Award for Poetry for her first book, North End Love Songs. Her first novel, The Break, won several awards including the Amazon First Novel Award, and was a bestseller in Canada. Her second novel, The Strangers, won the Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Fiction