![]() ![]() JB: You ended your emails to me with a phrase “Mahso-chi.” What does that phrase mean and what language is it in? Van Camp: I am Tlicho Dene from Fort Smith, NWT. Which is the proper term for the purposes of our conversation? I’ve heard that Canada uses the terms First Nation and indigenous. In the United States, we refer to the descendants of the people who were here when the Europeans arrived as Native Americans or indigenous people. JB: I want to get the language that we’ll use correct first. ![]() This is the first time we’ve worked together in 22 years. What’s lovely about this is Barbara, my editor then, is my editor now for my 23rd book: Moccasin Square Gardens, my fifth short story collection due out next Spring, 2019. This story became my first novel, The Lesser Blessed, which is now a movie with First Generation Films. I am so grateful to Carolyn, to Douglas&McIntyre and to my editor, Barbara Pulling. She sold it to Douglas&McIntyre and it was out a year later. Van Camp: I worked on a story for five years and showed it to an agent, Carolyn Swayze. JB: How did you get started as an author? ![]() In September, we had the opportunity to chat with the author of Little You, Richard Van Camp. Little You is a story about the love of indigenous parents for their precious little baby. In June, we sent the sweet and loving board book, Little You, to Jambo Books subscribers in the 0-2 age group. ![]()
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