...sue for independence from Canada, and a small revolution erupts. Deep in Grand River Country, a cultural struggle
unfolds, at Ohsweken, on their Reservation.
Two young persons are caught up in this unlucky circumstance--Mary Clarke from a Loyalist farm family, and Martin Thomas, a promising young student of Mohawk and Seneca descent.
Against a backdrop of farming life and native dissension, their love is challenged to survive the pressures of cross-cultural prejudice.
The youngest member of the Clarke family, Elizabeth Jane, narrates, with whimsical humour, and wisdom matured by hindsight. Her family's story and that of their Native friends--who were cheerfully referred to as Indians in those days--are as poignant as Greek drama.
Canada, like the novel,
The Killing of White Dogs, is a land of mixed-cultures. The actors in the story learn that being Canadian entails privileges, and also unconditional responsibilities.
