Fierce and determined, Ladybug schemes to transform her First Nation to reap the rewards

Fierce and determined novel Ladybug schemes to transform her First Nation to reap the rewards

By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com For Drew Hayden Taylor, Ojibway author from the Curve Lake First Nation in Ontario, Ladybug LaFlesche “is one of my most favourite characters ever created.” Ladybug drives the narrative in Taylor’s newest novel Sucker Falls. Ladybug is a survivor. She builds Casino N’Gataage — “a shining example of Indigenous sovereignty” — on her home, Sucker Falls First Nation, that has yet…

Fierce and determined, Ladybug schemes to transform her First Nation to reap the rewards

For Drew Hayden Taylor, Ojibway author from the Curve Lake First Nation in Ontario, Ladybug LaFlesche “is one of my most favourite characters ever created.”