How the Cougar Came to be Called the Ghost Cat Politics and they enrich and challenge

and they enrich and challenge dominant narratives about histories of the Canadian Northwest

Irene has kept her promise to mother by never forgetting who she was and where she came from

Includes extensive bibliography

The papers in volume one are organized around themes that include history

rather than poetry and fiction

How the Cougar Came to be Called the Ghost Cat Politics and they enrich and challengeHow the Cougar Came to be Called the Ghost Cat (Tan Petalu Teluitut Skitekmujewey Miawj) is a bilingual (English and Mi'kmaq) tells story about a young cougar who decides to build his home in a strange forest. When he finds that all of the animals in the forest are afraid of him, the young cougar agrees to stop behaving like a cougar so that he can make friends. But when he tries to return to his birthplace, he learns that he is no longer welcome.