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Miss Chief, artist Kent Monkman’s alter ego, narrates the story of Turtle Island not as a settler allegory but from the perspective of the land itself.

Kent Monkman and his collaborator Gisèle Gordon spent six years writing the two-volume memoir which charts the history of North America.

Over two volumes blending history, fiction and memoir, Cree artist Kent Monkman and co-writer Gisèle Gordon revisit Indigenous history through the perspective of his genderfluid alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle.

Miss Chief Eagle Testikle has appeared in hundreds of Kent Monkmans paintings since 2003, but she is apparently as old as the universe.

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In his paintings – and now, in the memoir of his trickster alter ego – a Cree artist challenges Canada’s colonial narratives while revelling in Indigenous wisdom, laughter, sexuality and joy

In this issue, our inaugural ranking of livable cities can be customized, an excerpt from artist Kent Monkman’s ‘memoir’, and a holiday gift guide for every price and preference

Monkman and Gisèle Gordon co-write the memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle — and give the gender-fluid character an origin story

Their costumes may be dazzling and their performances captivating, but it’s who they are on the inside that makes them shine.