Cole Pauls is a Canadian

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writer, from

Haines Junction, Yukon Haines Junction is a village in Yukon, Canada. It is at Kilometre 1,632 (historical mile 1016) of the Alaska Highway at its junction with the Haines Highway, hence the name of the community. According to the 2021 census, the population was 688. ...

. He is a member of the

Tahltan First Nation The Tahltan First Nation, also known as the Tahltan Indian Band, is a band government of the Tahltan people. Their main community and reserves are located at Telegraph Creek, British Columbia. Their language is the Tahltan language, which is an ...

, and his '' Dakwäkãda Warriors'' series is written in

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and

Southern Tutchone The Southern Tutchone are a First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group living mainly in the southern Yukon in Canada. The Southern Tutchone language, traditionally spoken by the Southern Tutchone people, is a variety ...

. In an interview with ''

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'', Pauls described how he was inspired to write his comic by his desire to help Native children.

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placed his book on its recommended reading list for the winter of 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pauls, Cole Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Canadian male writers 21st-century First Nations writers Canadian comics writers Southern Tutchone Tahltan people Writers from Yukon