What sets it apart from other novels in the genre is its Indigenous lens. As their tenuous links to the southern world wink out, Evan and his community. Moon of the Crusted Snow (2018) by Wasauksing First Nation author and radio host Waubgeshig Rice is an apocalyptic/postapocalyptic novel with many elements of horror. He pulls out a worn leather pouch and pinches some tobacco from it. This makes Evan happythe extra food will be helpful in the winter. I hope that this book will open up opportunities to reflect on colonialism, upon resilience and how communities respond to crisis, and on the dominance of Eurocentric voices in climate fiction and associated genres. A post-apocalyptic novel set in a remote northern First Nations community. Moon of the Crusted Snow: Chapter 1 Summary & Analysis Next Chapter 2 Themes and Colors Key Summary Analysis In a pine forest, Evan Whitesky shoots and takes down a moose. He is part of a growing collective of North American Indigenous authors writing science-fiction, horror, and dystopia. Waubgeshig Rice is an author from Wasauksing First Nation near Parry Sound, Ontario in Canada. Many of you have expressed interest in reading fiction by Indigenous authors, and I hope this is one of many that we may read together. It is a dystopian tale told from an Indigenous perspective. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgehsig Rice is the sixth book in the LAX LAB climate fiction book club and our first book of 2021. How does community survive when disaster strikes and infrastructure collapses? Tensions and panic rise in the community as the harsh winter progresses and food becomes scarce. Life becomes more complicated with the arrival of unexpected visitors from the south. Winter is approaching as a small Anishinaabe community in northern Ontario is cut off. Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist from the Wasauksing First Nation. As visitors arrive from the crumbling south, causing chaos, Evan Whitesky emerges as an unlikely leader.

A small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark as winter looms. Indigenous people know what it is like to have a world end. The following is from Waubgeshig Rice's novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow.

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