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RICHARD WAGAMESE, an Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, was one of Canada's foremost writers. His acclaimed, bestselling novels includedKeeper'n Me;Indian Horse, which was a Canada Reads finalist, winner of the inaugural Burt Award for First Nations, Metis and Inuit Literature, and made into a feature film; andMedicine Walk. He was also the author of acclaimed memoirs, includingFor Joshua;One Native Life; andOne Story, One Song, which won the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature; as well as a collection of personal reflections,Embers, which received the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award. He won numerous awards and recognition for his writing, including the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Media and Communications, the Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize, the Canada Reads People's Choice Award, and the Writers' Trust of Canada's Matt Cohen Award. Wagamese died on March 10, 2017, in Kamloops, B.C.
A fascinating read...I loved the revelations of a child taken away from the love of his family and put out to where his spirit was lost...Wagamese's book is about healing the lost soul -Tantoo Cardinal
