Hope Matters Plains Ojibwe and Paul Charest

and Paul Charest

by documenting the rise and fall of North American transracial adoption projects

Using an inquiry model of analysis and an engaging and varied presentation of content

and a reassertion of First Nation identity

2021 Governor General’s Literary Award Young People's Literature - Illustrated Books

Hope Matters Plains Ojibwe and Paul CharestHope Matters, written by multiple award winner Lee Maracle, in collaboration with her daughters Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter, members of the Sto: lo Nation, focuses on the journey of Indigenous people from colonial beginnings to reconciliation. Maracle states that the book, "is also about the journey of myself and my two daughters." During their youth, Bobb and Carter wrote poetry with their mother, and eventually they all decided that one day they