How the Cougar Came to be Called the Ghost Cat Politics the award-winning story of a

the award-winning story of a determined Ojibwe Nokomis (Grandmother) Josephine-ba Mandamin and her great love for Nibi (water)

He attended residential school and left school prior to graduation

Includes extensive bibliography

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

How the Cougar Came to be Called the Ghost Cat Politics the award-winning story of aHow 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.