Stick Houses: Stories

by Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Book Overview

As researchers tried to prompt his mother to say that her ancestors lived in wigwams or teepees, Matthew L. M. Fletcher's mother insisted her ancestors lived in stick houses. From the opening lines of Fletcher's story collection, he sets the scene to disrupt narrative stereotypes and expectations about how Indigenous people are perceived. He provides insight into the complex world in which Anishinaabe people live, stripped of the ownership of much...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611865220
• ISBN13: 9781611865226
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.