If I Go Missing

Brianna Jonnie
(Graphic Novels - GN 305.48897 Jon)

Combining graphic fiction and non-fiction, this graphic novel serves as a window into one of the unique dangers of being an Indigenous teen in Canada today. The text of the book is derived from excerpts of a letter written to the Winnipeg Chief of Police by 14-year-old Brianna Jonnie—a letter that went viral and in which Jonnie calls out the authorities for neglecting to immediately investigate and involve the public in the search for missing Indigenous people. She also urges them to not "treat me as the Indigenous person I am proud to be" if she were ever to be reported missing. 


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