Watch Edmund Metatawabin's Up Ghost River

Edmund Metatawabin is a Cree writer, educator, activist and former chief of Fort Albany First Nation. At Wordfest, he presents Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History, a raw and powerful memoir about the abuse Metatawabin endured in residential schools in the 1960s.

Take a look at the haunting book trailer here, and see Metatawabin in person at Wordfest 2014. Full event details appear below.