Your book makes me think a lot about how I can help reshape my family to celebrate their Métis identity. Fiola makes me understand, once I have reclaimed inner security and self-confidence, that racism can be addressed in constructive ways, to get to the root of our problems. Realizing that I am internally racist towards my own culture was very difficult, but the book helped provide me with proof that other people can claim their identity and be proud. The indigenous people she interviewed helped me understand that I can reshape my identity and become a spiritual woman. I found a lot of peace in her sharing these stories and expanding on how the Métis lived and how they got to where they are today. Fiola (2014) speaks of Louis Riel in an inspiring light of how he managed to “straddle two cultures, the native and the white, and came closer than anyone else to imagining an equal and understanding relationship between the two. May Canadians one day realize this vision that remains the legacy of Louis Riel.” Louis Riel is a dominant figure for many Métis people, including myself. Riel shows me that many people have made sacrifices to get me to where I am today as a Métis