Roger Spielmann has written a tongue-in-cheek book about the relationships between First Nations and non-natives.
The University of Sudbury Native Studies professor may not be native himself, but he has lived with First Nations people on the Pikogan Reserve in Quebec for 11 years.
His children were so immersed in native culture on that reserve, they thought they were native, he said.
His 194 page book, entitled Anishnaabe World: A Survival Guide For Building Bridges Between Canada and Fist Nations, will be launched at Chapters on the Kingsway Saturday, Nov. 14 at 1 p.m. The book is illustrated by Perry McLeod-Shabogesic and Tim Steven.
His Sudbury publisher thinks the work is timely considering the need for cross cultural understanding today between the three founding peoples of Canada - English, French and First Nations.
“In the spirit of Thomas King (CBC Radio One Dead Dog Cafe), Drew Hayden Taylor and Tomson Highway, Roger Spielmann's Anishnaabe World is an irreverent, teasing, hilarious, yet cross-culturally astute survival guide for a Canada increasingly aware of its chequered past relations between natives and non-natives,” said Laurence Steven, Your Scrivener Press publisher.
For more information, visit www.yourscrivnerpress.com.
