Perry herself, like her Auntie Daunis before her, is a formidable character who will not suffer fools and will not wait around for permission or salvation. The concept of the repatriation of objects that were stolen from their people is often in the news, and this book offers a very visceral view of what it might feel like to have your culture disrespected by the very people who claim to cherish history and culture. Perry's deep-dive into the injustice of colonialist institutions treating her ancestors' remains as if they are things to be collected and catalogued rather than former people deserving of respect is compelling and current.
#MUSIC COLLECTOR BUDDY HOLLY HOW TO#
It's clear from this sophomore novel that Boulley really knows how to construct a riveting, culturally focused thriller. Perry will need the combined power of her family, her community, and her ancestors to bring justice to bear. For Sugar Island has its monsters - Perry's Auntie Daunis knows this all too well - and at least one of them is intent on stealing the lives of living Anishinaabe women as well as their dead. But when her sense of duty to her ancestors sings louder than her respect for rules and process, she begins to engage in activities that may get her into deeper trouble than she could have imagined. Propelled by her newfound passion for bringing her ancestors and their stolen possessions home, Perry digs into her internship with gusto. She is enraged by the labyrinthine laws and policies that allow institutions to delay their return indefinitely, not to mention private collectors who hoard things that they should never have had in the first place. Perry is completely horrified by the revelation that her ancestors and their belongings are being treated like artifacts and denied their proper places of rest and respect. But then her boss takes her to a meeting at Mackinac State College where he's discussing the return of sacred and important cultural objects and the human remains of their ancestors that were stolen over the previous centuries and ended up in institutions. Perry is not amused to be assigned to the last remaining and least desirable internship role - working for Cooper Turtle, the odd manager of the Sugar Island Cultural Learning Centre.Īt first, it seems like it's going to be a tedious summer of cleaning museum display cases. But then she accidentally wrecks her car, and to pay back her Auntie Daunis for the repairs, she has to take a job with one of the tribal-affiliated businesses in the Kinomaage Summer Internship Program.
#MUSIC COLLECTOR BUDDY HOLLY FULL#
High school student Perry had a glorious Summer of Slack all planned out, full of fishing, teasing her go-getter twin sister Pauline, and generally enjoying life. Here, we return to Sugar Island and meet the next generation of girls in the Firekeeper family. Warrior Girl Unearthed is a gripping follow-up to Angeline Boulley's much-lauded debut, Firekeeper's Daughter.
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