![]() Pegahmagabow later became a prominent voice in the fight for broader Indigenous rights while serving as aĬhief and band councillor in the Wasauksing First Nation, where he was born.īoyden first heard of Pegahmagabow’s exploits from members of the Wasauksing Nation while visiting his family’s cottage near their reserve. His efforts were largely ignored by wider Canadian society. ![]() Sniper credited with 378 kills, Pegahmagabow was Canada’s most highly decorated Indigenous soldier at the end of the First World War. ![]() Three Day Road in particular was inspired in part by the life of Francis “Peggy” Pegahmagabow, who makes a brief appearance in the novel. He used the people and setting as the inspiration for Three Day Road and his follow-up novel, Through Black Spruce,Īs well as for stories in his debut short story collection, Born With a Tooth (2001). He later likened the experience to discovering a “gold mine” of stories. Through his work and travels around James Bay, he was introduced to the Cree of Mushkegowuk Territory,Īn area that makes up much of Northern Ontario. He then worked as a teacher for Northern College in Moosonee, Ontario, ![]() (courtesy Historica Canada) Backgroundīoyden graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction from the University of New Orleans in 1995. Joseph Boyden was a juror for Historica Canada's Aboriginal Arts & Stories contest. ![]()
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