Paul Seesequasis is a

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writer and journalist. He is a member of the Plains Cree First Nation from

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."Archive photo project re-frames view of Inuit, Aboriginal past"
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'', March 30, 2016. The founder of ''Aboriginal Voices'' magazine,"Indigenous writers take the stage at Inspire! book fair"
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'', November 9, 2014. he is best known for his three-year

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project of posting images of Indigenous peoples of Canada."Historic photos show 'resilience,' 'strength' of Indigenous communities"

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, January 11, 2017.

Photography

The Indigenous Archival Photo Project was initially inspired by his mother, an

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survivor who once commented that she wanted to see more stories about the strength and resilience of Indigenous communities. With that in mind, he began searching various archives and museums to locate photos of Indigenous people, choosing and posting images which conveyed positive and empowering and affirming messages about Indigenous community life. In some cases, his posts have led to successful identification of the people depicted in the photographs, whose names were not always recorded in the archives."Author Paul Seeseequasis connects stories about indigenous life to archival photos"
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'', January 11, 2017. In January 2017, Seesequasis signed a deal with the Canadian division of

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to publish the photographs in book form. The book, titled ''Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun'', released in October 2019, will include a written component documenting the context of the photographs, the subjects and the photographers.

Publishing and Editing

Paul was a founding editor of ''Aboriginal Voices,'' an award-winning magazine founded in 1993, and was an editor a
Theytus Press
the longest Indigenous publishing house in Canada. He was also a recipient of the Maclean-Hunter journalism award.

Works

* Heather Elton, Paul Seesequasis, Florene Belmore, edd.: ''Chinook Winds. Aboriginal Dance Project.''

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, 1997 * Jodie Renner, ed.: ''Voices from the Valleys: Stories and Poems about life in BC's Interior.'' Authors: Cheryl Kaye Tardif, Kristina Stanley, R. M. Greenaway, James Osborne, Virginia Carraway Stark, Paul Seesequasis, Bernie Fandrich. Cobalt, 2015' * He published the novella ''Tobacco Wars'' in 2010. * Editor of ''Staking Land Claims'', 1999, with Patricia Deadman. * Editor of ''Jimmy Tames Horses,'' by Garry Gottfriedson, Kegedonce Press, 2012. * ''Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun'', Knopf, 2019 ** transl. Leon Mengden: ''Unter der Mitternachtssonne. Porträts indigener Gemeinschaften in Kanada.'' btb, Munich 2020 (including photographs 1920–1970) ** , excerpt:

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141, special ''Canada'', September 2017, same title, pp 176 (text), 177-192 (photos)−

References

External links

''The republic of Tricksterism.''
Paul Seesequasis about his origins, his remembrance
Works of Paul Seesequasis
at Aurora,

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, 2020

External links

Seesequasis' Website
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