Chief Theresa Spence

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As she reflects on her past and present—the promise of assimilation and the many betrayals her family has suffered

These stories — retold by Raquel Rivera based on the lives of native artists Pudlo Pudlat

chasing siksiks and dreaming about her future

The Beatryce Prophecy gardening Chief Theresa SpenceIn a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that imperils them all for the king of the land seeks just such a girl, and Brother Edik, who penned the