Aug 19, 2021
7 min read
My Privileged Body as I Reenter the City
Walking through Treaty 1 in spirals
“Our bodies are a library, and our stories are written like braille on the skin.” — Joshua Whitehead, Oji-Cree/nehiyaw member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1).
It is 9 am on a Saturday and I see a sleeping body on a bench in front of the Shoppers Drug Mart window.
