Take Us to Your Chief: And Other Stories: Classic Science-Fiction with a Contemporary First Nations Outlook blankets-and-towels painter Marianne Nicolson

painter Marianne Nicolson

The essays argue for the need to embrace the deconstruction of racist colonial paradigms caused

is different from the other people in her village

While these tales employ familiar tropes

legends are recounted and often the carver’s comments or anecdotes enrich the pole’s story

Take Us to Your Chief: And Other Stories: Classic Science-Fiction with a Contemporary First Nations Outlook blankets-and-towels painter Marianne NicolsonA forgotten Haudenosaunee social song beams into the cosmos like a homing beacon for interstellar visitors. A computer learns to feel sadness and grief from the history of atrocities committed against First Nations. A young Native man discovers the secret to time travel in ancient petroglyphs. Drawing inspiration from science fiction legends like Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury, Drew Hayden Taylor frames classic science fiction tropes