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Young Adult Fiction Action & Adventure

Dakwakada Warriors

by (author) Cole Pauls

Publisher
Conundrum Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2019
Category
Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Canada
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781772620412
    Publish Date
    Oct 2019
    List Price
    $20.00

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 8 to 16
  • Grade: 3 to 11

Description

Indigenous protectors use language revitalization to save the Earth from evil pioneers and cyborg sasquatches

Artist Cole Pauls wanted to reclaim the Southern Tutchone language he had learned as a youth while performing in the traditional song and dance group the Dakhka Khwaan Dancers, based in Whitehorse (YT). So, he created a comic about two Earth Protectors saving the Earth from evil pioneers and cyborg sasquatches. But he also went to his elders and asked them to translate his comic into the two dialects of Southern Tutchone. The resulting work is an allegory of colonialization done in an accessible format, a whimsical young adult graphic novel which helps to revitalize the language. Pauls includes a "making of" postscript to give context to the project, and invites guest Indigenous Canadian artists to provide "pin-ups" of his characters.

About the author

Cole Pauls is a Tahltan comic artist, illustrator and printmaker hailing from Haines Junction (Yukon Territory) with a BFA in Illustration from Emily Carr University. Residing in Vancouver, Pauls focuses on his two comic series, the first being Pizza Punks: a self contained comic strip about punks eating pizza, the other being Dakwäkãda Warriors. In 2017, Pauls won Broken Pencil Magazine's Best Comic and Best Zine of the Year Award for Dakwäkãda Warriors II. In 2020, Dakwäkãda Warriors won Best Work in an Indigenous Language from the Indigenous Voices Awards and was nominated for the Doug Wright Award categories, The Egghead & The Nipper.

Cole Pauls' profile page

Awards

  • Winner, Broken Pencil zine award

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