Books By George Copway, Deanna Reder - Author

Born in Trenton, Ontario, in 1818, George Copway (Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh) wrote extensively on Indigenous peoples and, as an ordained Methodist minister, worked as a missionary among several tribes. He is the author of several books, including The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation (reprinted 2014 by WLU Press). Deanna Reder (Cree-Métis) is an associate professor in the Departments of First Nations Studies and English at Simon Fraser University. She serves as editor for the Indigenous Studies series at WLU Press and was one of the founding members of the Indigenous Literary Studies Association. She teaches and publishes on Indigenous theory, life writing, pop fiction, and gender and sexuality.