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911�Թ� (911�Թ�) Indigenous Studies professor Eldon Yellowhorn is using his skills as an educator and storyteller to share Indigenous knowledge with the next generation of readers.

Collaborating with co-author Kathy Lowinger and Annick Press, Yellowhorn has written several award-winning children’s non-fiction books. Yellowhorn says the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action inspired him to create educational resources for Indigenous children and youth. “I know when I was going to school in the 1960s, I never saw books like these about Indigenous heritage,” he reflects on the need for quality books for young readers.

Yellowhorn and Lowinger’s latest book, Ours to Tell: Reclaiming Indigenous Stories, introduces Indigenous writers, storytellers, and creators, and was named as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.

With a German publisher recently translating Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge, Yellowhorn and Lowinger are receiving international attention. “My target audience is, particularly, Indigenous youth, but I'm really glad that [the books] have had broader appeal,” says Yellowhorn of the accolades he has received.

Watch the interview with Eldon Yellowhorn to learn more about his perspective as a children’s book author.