jason eaglespeaker

Only a few short years after the Occupation of Alcatraz, the Wounded Knee Incident and the Shootout at Pine Ridge Reservation, a boy was conceived…

Born in Seattle, raised on four reservations and in two cities, Jason EagleSpeaker is both Blackfoot and Duwamish – the one his family called “that li’l half-buffalo, half-salmon ndn”. Today, he is an award winning nationally published author, illustrator, social entrepreneur and publisher of other author’s amazing works.

Now based in Canada's ocean playground - Nova Scotia - Jason travels extensively throughout North America, creating endless non-fiction works. His hard hitting true stories focus on revealing the modern strengths and struggles of Indigenous people.