Living in the Tall Grass: Poems of Reconciliation 2SLGBTQ+ Toronto's past is filled with

Toronto's past is filled with stories whose endings were anything but peaceful

the human cost in lives lost

from ancient First Nations wedding ceremonies to a pastor wearing a bulletproof vest to perform one of Canada’s first same-sex marriage ceremonies

but also writes poems of love and hope

a star on her crown representing the North Star of freedom

Living in the Tall Grass: Poems of Reconciliation 2SLGBTQ+ Toronto's past is filled withIn Living in the Tall Grass: Poems of Reconciliation, Chief Stacey Laforme gives a history of his people through stories and poetry to let Canadians see through the eyes of Indigenous people. In it, he hits hard on matters of residential schools, the environment, suicide among Indigenous youth, domestic abuse, and so on, but also writes poems of love and hope. Chief Laformes universal message is, We should not have to change to fit into society, the