Memoir tackles intergenerational trauma and the author’s determination to overcome circumstances – Windspeaker.com
May 22, 2025
Chyana Marie Sage offers a brutally honest look at the impact intergenerational trauma had on her family in her memoir Soft as Bones.
“It’s a story that I knew was important for me to tell, not just for my own personal healing or the healing of my family and the acknowledgement of what we went through, but also recognizing that our story is one small piece of the puzzle that makes up the mosaic of Indigenous people across Turtle Island,” said Sage, who is Cree, Métis and Salish.
Sage earned her Master of Fine Arts in creative non-fiction from Columbia University, in Manhattan. She has been teaching online courses in remote Indigenous communities for Connected North and is also a journalist. Residing in New York City the past four years, she will be returning to live in the Greater Toronto Area in June.
