The Lover, the Lake YA-Fiction Turtle Clan by Kim Anderson

Turtle Clan by Kim Anderson

and supporting Indigenous peoples’ struggles for justice and equity

Each part uses poetry to address historical and contemporary moments broadly related to treaties and inspired by the author's many experiences and writing contexts

Volume 1 contains Cree-English

The Lover, the Lake YA-Fiction Turtle Clan by Kim AndersonAuthor Virginia Psmapeo Bordeleau, of Cree origin, calls this book a celebration of sensuality. The Lover, The Lake, is a story written about a time when Indigenous peoples were being dispossessed of their land and history as well as their relationship to the body, and in this story, the love explored by Wabougouni and Gabriel is an act of defiance. Their intimate connection plays out on the shores of Lake Abitibi in an affair as turbulent and