This Place: 150 Years Retold is fantastic! This anthology of 10 powerful stories told by different Indigenous authors shows a range of talent and different art styles. Not all of the art appeals to me, but the writing is all very strong and it is fascinating to learn some lesser-known stories that, well, really shouldn't be so obscure.I'd love to see copies of this in classrooms across Canada. The graphic nature of this book makes the material highly approachable and easy to absorb. I love that

A really interesting and informative collection of stories from Indigenous writers. I really liked the format - each one started with a brief historical summary and a timeline of events, to get the reader oriented in the upcoming story. All of them were well done, but the storytelling in ‘Nimkii’ - which was about a mother telling her child about her experience as a survivor of the sixties scoop - really stood out to me. The illustrations were also excellent. I would highly recommend reading thi...

“That’s exactly what this anthology does. It takes stories our people have been forced to pass on quietly, to whisper behind hands like secrets, and retells them loudly and unapologetically for our people today.”Once again my library has come through for me. I asked them to purchase this beautiful graphic anthology of Canadian Indigenous stories and they did. The artwork included in this collection really brings these stories to life.

-gorgeously illustrated, informative, thought-provoking, and genre-bending-confronts the colonial past while providing hope for a decolonial future

2021 Winter Bingo (#SnowInLoveBingo❄️): Indigenous Author Difficult (but necessary) to read. The graphic novel anthology format is extremely accessible/informative for folks lacking knowledge about indigenous history in Canada. I learned so much about indigenous struggle, triumph, and protest from 1865 to the present. Read via library.

▪️THIS PLACE: 150 Years Retold [graphic story anthology by 20+ writers and artist collaborators], 2019 by Highwater Press..This visually stunning anthology of short graphic works - ranging from the biographical & historical to the innovative & speculative of Indigenous North American storytelling - was both a sensory and creative experience. I would finish one story and think "that was my favorite one..." Only to think the same thing with the next one! Each story varied in artistic vision and wr...

"...We...are awakening to see the truth of the system of genocide that has been imposed on us, and we will not go back to sleep." - Frank T'Seleie Update June 17, 2021 : Ever since I heard the news of the discovery of 215 children buried at one of the residential schools in Canada, my mind has gone back to this powerful book, an anthology documenting the efforts Indigenous people in Canada made to survive over the last roughly 150 years. In the review below I mentioned how the descriptions to

Oh my god ya'll, I had better see this on absolutely everybody's TBR. This is amazing, this is important, and this is wonderfully encapturing. From the many different art styles, I got to experience, to the rich story-telling from different authors, reading this was an experience I've never encountered before. This book is so important, to have been written and to be read in turn. We are coming to see a lot more diversity in fiction, such as a lot more books written by authors of colour about ma...

In all the hoopla about Canada's sesquicentennial, where were the indigenous peoples? Where was their celebration? Was there even a celebration, since as this book points out, in story after story, Canada has done everything in its power to make sure the native peoples are corralled, stripped of their tradition, their language, their land, every change they got.Each contributor to this volume draws on stories of the Metis, Inuit, and First Nations, that happened in the last 150 years. And Chelse...

I knew from the first page. I knew because upon seeing the lush illustrations I gasped and as I read I realized I was experiencing something truly special. This Place: 150 Years Retold is a graphic novel anthology with ten stories written by eleven Indigenous contributors as well as a powerful foreword written by Haudenosaunee author Alicia Elliott. Not only are we visually absorbing breathtaking illustrations but we are absorbing important stories of powerful Indigenous individuals across vario...

The graphic novel, This Place: 150 Years Retold, showcases the voices of eleven Indigenous writers as well as several Indigenous artists. It is a powerful telling of 150 years of Canadian history from the perspective of different First Nations members, Inuit, and Metis, voices rarely heard in our history which is told mostly from the perspective of European settlers. As in any anthology, the art is somewhat uneven and varies from black and white to full eye-catching colour. Overall, though, it i...

Holy shit.This took me on a mind-bender and flipped a lot of my thinking around. I don't know if I'll look at another dystopian the same way, particularly with the fascination of the end of society on a continent that has already experienced it with its indigenous peoples.I loved the breadth and scope of the cultures represented in this graphic anthology, and all of the history represented. It was heartbreaking and hopeful, from peoples who have experienced colonialism and genocide at the hands

This anthology of nonfiction, dramatized, and science fiction stories about and by the indigenous people of Canada is pretty consistently good. Skipping around to so many pinpoints in history piques the interest more than sates though. The subject matter is pretty heavy since so much of the history involves abuse and betrayals, so be prepared to be depressed, shocked, and/or outraged.

This collection of graphic short stories by Indigenous authors in Canada was an awesome read. THIS PLACE: 150 YEARS RETOLD strives to give voice to Indigenous people throughout parts of Canada's history after Western Imperialism/Colonization. The stories range from history to biographical to mythology and Sci Fi, and they were a wide array of well done tales. As someone who is unfamiliar with Canadian history, I really appreciated that each story had a bit of background and a timeline that the s...

This collection of short stories in graphic novel format shows the struggles of the Native Americans of Canada over the 150 years after colonization, highlighting important figures and events in the history of their fight for equal rights.As a whole, this book wasn't exactly what I imagined when I read the description, as I was expecting something more dystopian in nature. The stories are based on historical facts and very few take fictional liberties. However, almost everything I read in this b...

I must preface this with a little something about graphic novels. I don't read them often and I'm not sure why, especially since I grew up with comic books. I was a huge Archie fan, I was even published in an issue when I was knee high to a grasshopper. Sure, I know they are not the same things but one evolved from the other somewhat.This Place which I've seen around my library a lot, is a beautifully illustrated novel told in short stories. It tells of the history of Canada's Indigenous People

An amazing blend of story telling with non-fiction history. A variety of writers came together with visual artists to bring us through a journey of Canada's history from their perspective.Each story begins with a timeline of events that can help us to dig deeper into the history surrounding these events. From these timelines, we can begin to see why Canada's indigenous people are not able to 'get over it' or 'put the past behind them.' The simplest reason is the past is still here, happening eve...

Fantastic. Accessible and backed up with pertinent facts for each chapter, with a short introduction, and then a story with a different writer/illustrator combo. This highlights how indigenous peoples have had to combat constant forms of violence by colonial forces and the government. Most of this was not taught in school. I think this is perfect for the form. All age groups, including myself can learn some history in an engaging way from indigenous voices and creatives. Hopefully it gets people...

This Place: 150 Years Retold is aesthetic, monumental, essential, wise, infuriating, poignant and powerful. Some stories were easy to comprehend, others were difficult to follow. The only subjects familiar to me were residential schools and the DAPL pipeline. My favorite story was Like a Razor Slash. The illustrations are varied and all quite extraordinary. I was particularly drawn to the artwork with unusual color choices in Tilted Ground, Rosie and kitaskînaw 2350.My dad was Canadian, from Sas...

Having a book like this that collects indigenous histories and presents them in an accessible, visual format—coupled with historical timelines and contextualizing details—is a game changer for unpacking the destructive logic of colonization. The artistic and narrative styles vary from story to story, helping to underscore that Indigenous peoples are not a monolith, but many people with varied lands, languages, knowledge, and traditions.I read the last three stories aloud with my 10-year-old chil...