Bibliograph

Dakwäkãda warriors, Cole Pauls

Type

Label

Dakwäkãda warriors, Cole Pauls

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dakwäkãda warriors

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

1143659928

Responsibility statement

Cole Pauls

Summary

"Artist Cole Pauls wanted to reclaim the Southern Tutchone language he had learned as a youth while performing in the traditional song and dance group the Dakwakada Dancers, based in Whitehorse (YT) [Yukon Territory, Canada]. So, he created a comic about two Earth Protectors saving the Earth from evil pioneers and cyborg sasquatches. But he also went to his elders and asked them to translate his comic into the two dialects of Southern Tutchone. The resulting work is an allegory of colonialization done in an accessible format, a whimsical young adult graphic novel which helps to revitalize the language. Pauls includes a "making of" postscript to give context to the project, and invites guest Indigenous Canadian artists to provide "pin-ups" of his characters (Gord Hill, Whess Harman, Blake Lepine, Teresa Vander Meer-Chasse)."--, Provided by publisher

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