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Dakwäkãda Warriors
Dakwäkãda Warriors | Cole Pauls
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Growing up in Haines Junction, YT, artist Cole Pauls performed in a traditional song and dance group called the Dakwäkãda Dancers. During that time, Pauls encountered the ancestral language of Southern Tutchone. Driven by a desire to help revitalize the language, he created Dakwäkãda Warriors, a bilingual comic about two earth protectors saving the world from evil pioneers and cyborg sasquatches. Pauls' Elders supported him throughout the creation process by offering consultation and translation. The resulting work is a whimsical young adult graphic novel that offers an accessible allegory of colonialism.
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Yukon Indigenous cartoonist Cole Paul uses a science fiction setting & simple text to retell the traditional story of how Raven stole the sun, as well as to create an allegory about residential schools & other evils of colonialism. This comic is also intended as a vehicle for revitalization of the Southern Tutchone language: 110 words & phrases are used throughout, with a tiny font glossary on every page. A fun way to learn! #Canadian #Indigenous

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The spaceship operated by a cyber-Sasquatch is shaped like a big foot. I love it!
(If you look very closely, you can see that the words in Southern Tutchone language are numbered with tiny red numbers that link to a glossary on the same page.)

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