3.5/5 stars
The Pemmican Wars is the first of a teen graphic novel series, A Girl Called Echo. It follows Echo, a Metis girl who discovers while day dreaming that she can travel in time to a group of Metis people. Through this, she discovers the strain her people went through during the Pemmican Wars in North America.
I really loved Katherena Vermette's adult novel, The Break. And while I really enjoyed this, I think it was a tad too short to really grab the attention of a teenager. The illustrations are gorgeous, and I loved the way the graphic novel was laid out, but it was just a bit to short to accomplish an intriguing plot. It does, however, illustrate exactly the kind of melancholy around what Metis went through - and continue to deal with today. Not many Metis people know their history, and many are still discriminated against by the Canadian and American governments.