Approaching Fire Carrier With astonishing scenes set in

With astonishing scenes set in the rugged backcountry of the B

reconnecting individuals and communities

A searing collection that embodies the vitality and ferocity of spoken-word poetry

use vibrant stories and personal narratives to offer insights into the unique nature of Indigenous leadership

He looks at European-Native interactions in North America from the moment of first contact

Approaching Fire Carrier With astonishing scenes set inIn Approaching Fire, Michelle Porter, a Red River Mtis poet, journalist, and editor, embarks on a quest to find her great grandfather, the Mtis fiddler and performer Lon Robert Goulet. Through musicology, jigs and reels, poetry, photographs, and the ecology of fire, Porter invests biography with the power of reflective ingenuity, creating a portrait which expands beyond documentation into a private realm where truth meets metaphor. Weaving through