ANNE M. CROSSMAN: Kakfwi's new book gives readers an understanding of what First Nations children in Canada went through

In this case, a friend lent us a book written by a Northern acquaintance and edited by a good friend we met in the North.

Residential school survivor and former Northwest Territories premier Stephen Kakfwi has written his memoir, Stoneface, A Defiant Dene, published by Caitlin Press. Contributed I knew the names of the leaders who came forward to bring the Dene, the Gwich’in, the Inuvialuit and the Inuit into a position of strength when that whole part of the country was nothing more than a colony of Ottawa.

I read about Steve’s relationships within his family in Fort Good Hope. I knew a small bit about his life with a friend of mine – his wife, Marie Wilson. At one time she was my boss at CBC in the North. Marie went on to be one of the commissioners on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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