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IndigenUS - Authors at Harbourfront

Saturday, August 11, 2012 | Authors: Planet IndigenUS - Authors at Harbourfront Centre partners with Harbourfront Centre's Planet IndigenUS for ten visionary days of global Indigenous culture. 7:00pm at Harbourfront Centre 235 Queens Quay West This event is FREE. Thomas King previews his latest work The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, which examines North America's relationship with Native people through historical events and figures as well as film, activism, pop culture, and much more. Drew Hayden Taylor presents his Governor General's Literary Award-nominated, Motorcycles & Sweetgrass, a story of magic, family, and a mysterious stranger, set in a sleepy Anishnawbe community. Brian Wright-McLeod shares his first graphic novel, Red Power, which explores the physical and spiritual journey of a boy immersed in a bloody range war created by a corrupt band council chief and corporate/government interests., . 235 Queens Quay West