Creating Space: My Life and Work in Indigenous Education rain10 Judith Williams tracks the history

Judith Williams tracks the history of a culturally and geographically rich locale at a flashpoint in Native–white relations

Maynard Johnny Jr

Intrigued by his life on the sea

Ojibway Maynard Johnny Jr

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Creating Space: My Life and Work in Indigenous Education rain10 Judith Williams tracks the historyCreating Space is the story of Verna J. Kirkness, a Cree woman from Manitoba, whose simple quest to teach in a Native way revolutionized Canadian education. A former elementary school teacher, Kirkness pioneered Cree and Ojibway language instruction in Manitoba schools. In the early 1970s she became the first Education Director for the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood and then Education Director for the National Indian Brotherhood. She played a pivotal