Ellen Smallboy Grade Seven-Eight high school literature courses or

high school literature courses or Native Studies courses will find this an accessible First Nation resource

the ôBended Elbowö standoff at Kenora

Eugenie Mercredi

finds herself a target when the group tells her to stop being “so Indian”

a couple picking blueberries

Ellen Smallboy Grade Seven-Eight high school literature courses orEllen Smallboy's life spanned a period of immense change among the Cree of northern Ontario. Born in about 1853 near James Bay, for most of her lifetime Smallboy led a traditional life that revolved around seasonal hunting. By the time she was an old woman, however, Cree lifestyle and culture were undergoing dramatic changes. Regina Flannery draws on her meetings with Smallboy, then aged eighty, to produce a detailed picture of her life during both