Shuvinai Ashoona: Life & Work Teacher Resource This work of historical fiction

This work of historical fiction is based on oral tradition

Georges Sioui states that this work is a Native understanding of Canada and a sense of history that preserves

author of Peace Pipe Dreams: The Truth About Indians

is a Two-Spirit Queerdo from Faust

After the events in Wounded Sky

Shuvinai Ashoona: Life & Work Teacher Resource This work of historical fictionBorn in Kinngait (Cape Dorset) in 1961, Shuvinai Ashoona is now one of Canadas most notable artists, whose work has been celebrated domestically as well as in Australia, Europe, and the United States. Her highly imaginative work combines aspects of traditional Inuit culture and mythology with influences derived from the non Arctic world. Hailing from a long line of graphic artists, including her grandmother Pitseolak Ashoona (c. 19041983) and her