Gitwaa'tk Indigeneity writing and teaching is inspired

writing and teaching is inspired by her Kunsi (Grandmother) Darlene

and translated by Anne Nuna

Education and technical training too often gave way to the drudgery of doing the chores necessary to make the schools self-sustaining

A compelling middle-grade novel

is the only person to fully understand the danger the sandman poses

Gitwaa'tk Indigeneity writing and teaching is inspiredCrystal AJ Smith is Haisla, Ts'ymsen and was adopted into the Heiltsuk Nation. Gitwaa'tk is the story of a young Indigenous woman who loses her sister to the highway of tears and who embarks on a journey with her nux nux (spiritual beings) to find and bring to justice the person responsible for her sister's disappearance. The novel draws on several different narrative forms to show how grief and loss can find strength in family and community and