Halfbreed

In Halfbreed, Maria Campbell recounts her coming of age as a Métis woman navigating poverty, racism, and systemic injustice in mid-20th century Saskatchewan. Blending personal narrative with political testimony, Campbell traces her childhood in a close community, the erosion of cultural identity under colonial pressures, and her struggles with displacement, exploitation, and addiction. As she confronts the intersecting forces of sexism, classism, and settler colonialism, Campbell exposes the structural inequalities embedded in Canadian society. Both intimate and unflinching, Halfbreed is a powerful act of reclamation that asserts Indigenous voice, resilience, and resistance against the enduring legacies of marginalization.