Original Sisters: Portraits of Tenacity and Courage Grade Nine The book begins with welcoming

The book begins with welcoming the sun that shines on the birds and butterflies

from their home to Lejac Residential School in central BC

and his strategy of inquiry

and kinship

and lets them know they are not alone or to blame

Original Sisters: Portraits of Tenacity and Courage Grade Nine The book begins with welcomingAnita Kunz has painted women and written down their stories. Foreword by Roxane Gay. The result is a magnificent feat of historical research and artistic achievement. Indigenous women are Maria Tallchief, Osage Nation; Autumn Peltier, Wikwwemikong Unceded Territory Anishinabek Nation; Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii; Emily Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake, Mohawk; Buffalo Calf Road Woman, Northern Cheyenne; Ada Blackjack, Inupiat; and Anna Mae Aquash, Mikmaq.