b'ART & MEDIAGHOSTSby David Alexander RobertsonSTARLIGHTA member of Norway House Cree Nationby Richard Wagamesecurrently living in Winnipeg, David Alexander Robertson is one of the industrys best graphicThe bestselling and beloved author of Indian Horse and Medicine novelists. He educates and entertains his readersWalk, Richard Wagameses final novel Starlight follows an abused through his writing about Indigenous peoples.woman on the run who finds refuge with an Indigenous man with He wrote the graphic novel series Tales Froma dark history of his own.The novel, whichwas unfinished at Big Spirit and the childrens book on the topicthe time of Wagameses death,has been calledfunny, sad and of residential schools, When We Were Alone.sometimes disturbing, but always human. Robertson also has a graphic novel for adults themed around missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls entitled Will I See? Ghosts, released in September 2019, is the third novel in The Reckoner series, which follows Cree teen superhero Cole Harpers adventures in Wounded Sky First Nation. Readers and fans will finally learn the fate of Coles community. The series invites readers into some very real topics such as mental illness and community detachment. Photo credit: Yvette LehmannDENE FUR CLOUDS The name was inspired by the feelfur garments, promoting traditional of their fur clothing. Elders say itknowledge and skills as well as cultural feels as soft as clouds. Hence theinspiration in developing and making name Dene Fur Clouds, a small butthese exciting fashion accessories. The booming business located in the tinycompany was established in 1997 as town of Fort Providence, NWT thata training venture between the Gah designs and manufactures sheared furGotie Betterment Corporation and garments and accessories. Their hats,the NWT Business Development and scarves and mittens are made fromInvestment Corporation, the latter of sustainably caught sheared beaver,which is a Crown corporation wholly Arctic hare, fox and lynx harvestedowned by the Government of the through the Genuine Mackenzie ValleyNorthwest Territories, which assumed Fur Program. Skilled Dene artistsfull ownership of Dene Fur Clouds hand-cut and then knit sheared beaverin 2005.www.afn.ca 105'