Mother Earth Is Our Elder
A Northern Indigenous Path Toward Sustainable Living
$30.35
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2026
Summary
Instant Globe and Mail Bestseller
Indigenous solutions we can all apply today to make our lives more sustainable and engage with earth and community from award-winning Dene activist and writer Katlia.
The Dene in Canada’s North West territories have lived alongside nature for many generations. From battling environmental racism on the front lines of historical environmental protests, to innovating sustainable resources, to living a balanced life throu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780063397224 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0063397226 |
| Author: | Katlia Lafferty |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | HarperOne |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 535g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
Critics Review
Through her writing, Katli?`a gifts us strong medicine from the North, transforming our relationship with climate change from the abstract into the voice of a stern and caring Elder—our Mother Earth. Through the stories of her Dene Elders and knowledge keepers, she leaves us not only with warnings, but with the hopeful reminder that the solutions already live within the lived memory of the Peoples of the land. — Dr. Jennifer Grenz, author of Medicine Wheel for the Planet
Katlia Lafferty
Katlia is a member of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation in Somba K’e (Yellowknife), Northwest Territories, Canada. She is a storyteller and Indigenous rights activist. Katlia’s debut memoir, Northern Wildflower, was a top-selling book in the Northwest Territories and her subsequent novels Land-Water-Sky/Ndè-Ti-Yat’a, This House Is Not a Home, and Firekeeper all won NorthWords NWT book of the year awards.
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