A review by lucaisapenguin
Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson

informative fast-paced

2.0

This was a disappointment. The stories about different areas in the Lower Mainland were interesting, to be sure, and I enjoyed learning more about the places I grew up visiting. However, the language used and the stereotypes evoked in Johnson's writing, especially in the final story, "A Royal Mohawk Chief," can be described as nothing less than blatantly racist, even when written by someone with Indigenous heritage. Furthermore, I read the 100th Anniversary Edition, a copy published less than ten years ago (post-TRC), and there is no editor's note denouncing or even mentioning the language and colonizer lens each of the stories are told through, which I consider to be incredibly irresponsible at the very least.