My Indian, Joe, Mi’sel; O’Neill, Sheila. Published by Breakwater Books, 2021. Signed by both Mi’sel Joe and Sheila O’Neill. Illustrated card covers. 172pp. illustrated with black and white photos. Name to versus of front cover; dusting to outside lower corner and otherwise in fine condition.
“In 1822, William Epps Cormack sought the expertise of a guide who could lead him across Newfoundland in search of the last remaining Beothuk camps on the island. In his journal, Cormack refers to his guide only as ‘My Indian.’ Now, almost two hundred years later, Mi’sel Joe and Sheila O’Neill reclaim the story of Sylvester Joe, the Mi’kmaq guide engaged by Cormack … My Indian follows Sylvester Joe from his birth (in what is now known as Miawpukek First Nation) and early life in his community to his journey across the island with Cormack.”
Saqamaw Mi’sel Joe is the chief of the Miawpukek Mi’kamawey Mawi’omi – Conne River Mi’kmaq Tribal Nation in Newfoundland. Sheila O’Neill is from Kippens, NL, and is a member of Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation. a Mi’kmaw educator, storyteller, and author.
