The Amazing Mazie Baker

Comprehensive biography of Mazie Baker, one of Canada’s most relentless leaders in the fight for the right to equality, prosperity and, in some cases, simple dignity for all First Nations Women.

Galvanized by the injustices she saw committed against and within her community—especially against indigenous women, who were denied status and property rights—she began a long career of advocacy. She fought for housing for families in need; she pushed for transparency in local government; she defended ancestral lands; she shone a bright light into the darkest political corners. Her family called her ch’sken: Golden Eagle.

This intimate biography of a community leader illuminates a difficult, unresolved chapter of Canadian history and paints a portrait of a resilient and principled woman who faced down her every political foe, unflinching, irreverent, and uncompromising.

Kay Johnston

Kay Johnston is the President of the Shuswap Association of Writers and Festival Chair for Word on the Lake-a Writers’ Festival. She is the author of Spirit of Powwow as well as several short stories and poems in Kaleidoscope V, a Shuswap Writers’ Anthology. Johnston lives in Salmon Arm and spends her time writing, organizing writing events, and singing in the Shuswap Community Choir. She has a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Victoria, and a B.A in English Literature from UBC.