Magic Weapons Land Claims Ellen Smallboy's life spanned a Ellen Smallboy's life spanned a period of immense change among the Cree of northern Ontario How the government of this province influenced public opinion as it marketed its policies to the people of British Columbia is the purpose of the book and provides groundbreaking readings of life writings by Rita Joe (Mi’kmaq) and Anthony Apakark Thrasher (Inuit) as well as in depth critical studies of better known life writings by Basil Johnston (Ojibway) and Tomson Highway (Cree) Magic Weapons is the first major survey of Indigenous writings on the residential school system