Write It on Your Heart : The Epic World of an Okanagan Storyteller

Write It on Your Heart is a remarkable collection of stories by Harry Robinson, a celebrated Okanagan storyteller of the Interior Salish people, collected and compiled by Wendy Wickwire over a ten-year period.

The stories move through creation traditions, the age of the animal people, life before European settlement, stories of spiritual power, prophecy, cultural change, and the post-contact world. Robinson’s storytelling brings together figures such as Coyote, Fox, and Owl while also reflecting on the profound changes experienced by Indigenous communities as English and written culture became more dominant.

Robinson chose to tell many of his traditional stories in English so they could continue to be heard and remembered by new generations. The collection concludes with his own retelling of Puss in Boots, relocated to the ranching country of the Similkameen Valley.

A meaningful choice for readers interested in Indigenous storytelling, Okanagan history, oral tradition, folklore, and Canadian cultural history. Add Write It on Your Heart to your cart today. This is a one-of-a-kind used copy, so once it’s gone, it may not be available again.