Contributor

Michel Jean

Contributor

Michel Jean

Canada

Michel Jean is a writer, TV news anchor, and investigative journalist. The author of eleven books, he also writes and curates short stories and has edited two French-language collections showcasing Indigenous writers: Amun (2016) and Wapke (2021)....

In his 2012 novel Elle et nous, he opened up about his own Indigenous origins for the very first time. Kukum won the Prix France-Québec in 2020. Michel is Innu from Mashteuiatsh, and much of his writing reflects his Indigenous origins.

Johny-le-cowboy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Indian

By Michel Jean

With no one around me but people who were prisoners of their land, I had suddenly come across someone who was free.

Translated from French by Susan Ouriou

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