Dundurn Press is pleased to announce that Dr. Oronhyatekha: Security, Justice, and Equality by co-authors Keith Jamieson and Michelle A. Hamilton has been shortlisted for the 2017 Speaker’s Book Award. The book is one of 9 shortlisted titles, which can be viewed here.

Growing up in Belleville, Ontario close to Tyendinega, Mohawk country, it was not until I went to high school and met the students from Tyendinega that I was aware of this First Nation so close by. Even then I knew little of Mohawk culture or their contribution to Canada. History taught in 1960s Ontario high schools was British, American and little else. A missed opportunity.

We spoke with Michelle Hamilton, co-author of the biography of one of the first Indigenous physicians in Canada, Dr. Oronhyatekha.

DUNDURN: How did you research your book?