Joshua Whitehead unravels the coded "I" to trace the formation of a colonized self and reclaim representations of Indigenous texts

His book leads the reader on an insightful journey into Indigenous concepts of knowledge

It’s about talking to everyone and listening carefully

and archival cartography

a site sacred to Native peoples

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass humor Joshua Whitehead unravels the codedA story of magic, family, a mysterious stranger . . . and a band of marauding raccoons. Otter Lake is a sleepy Anishnaabe community where little happens. Until the day a handsome stranger pulls up astride a 1953 Indian Chief motorcycle and turns Otter Lake completely upside down. Maggie, the Reserve's chief, is swept off her feet, but Virgil, her teenage son, is less than enchanted. Suspicious of the stranger's intentions, he teams up with his uncle