Tom's Story : My 16 Year Friendship with a Homeless Man Creek Sacred Song of the Hermit

Sacred Song of the Hermit Thrush: A Mohawk Story was illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden the grandson of the author

One wintry day

For thousands of years

Tommy Prince

the Algonquin Nation created complex societies

Tom's Story : My 16 Year Friendship with a Homeless Man Creek Sacred Song of the HermitTom's Story is about the author's friendship with Tom Hogan, a First Nations man who was perpetually homeless, a self described chronic alcoholic, and a person who had episodes of psychosis. He was also a great storyteller and a gifted Woodland style artist. Jo Ann first met Tom in 1998 when she volunteered to co ordinate an art group for people who were homeless. She was an outreach worker and an HIV counsellor at the time. During the sixteen years