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Darrel J. McLeod

Darrel J. McLeod
Darrel J. McLeod is Cree from treaty eight territory in Northern Alberta. His first book, Mamaskatch, received the Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction. Before deciding to pursue writing in his retirement, he was a chief negotiator of land claims for the federal government and executive director of education and international affairs with the Assembly of First Nations.


Cree Turned City Slicker: Returning to One’s Indigenous Heritage

Darrel J. McLeod on Teaching at a School in Yekooche
August 6, 2021  By Darrel J. McLeod
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City Lights: A Young Cree Boy Journeys to Edmonton

From Darrel J. McLeod's Memoir, Mamaskatch
June 12, 2019  By Darrel J. McLeod
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