Tchipayuk is a sweeping historical novel dealing with the collision of Native and Colonial cultures in 19th-century North America. As a child, Askik Mercredi, a Métis, attends the French-Canadian, Catholic school in St. Boniface—an education that conflicts with the Native ways and beliefs that shape his home life. As an adult, in the world of colonial Montreal, he finds he is not welcomed by the white society he wishes to embrace. "Tchipay" is a Cree word meaning "a soul condemned to wander the earth until its memory is honoured." Nominated for the 1994 Governor General's Award for Translation. Winner of the Prix Jules Verne, the Prix Champlain, and the Prix Riel"Book of the Month" France-Loisirs. Tchipayuk starts out in St. Boniface, Manitoba, which is colored red on the map below. The city of St. Boniface lies on the Red River, and was the start of the canoe voyage that Askik made to Montreal. If you want to see the trip, click .
