Book authored by Six Nations athletes wins award
May 19, 2021
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By Josh Giles Writer Akhwatsirehkó:wa My Big Family, just won an award. The book written by Lacrosse players, Brendan Bomberry, and Brennor Jacobs has won the award in the Mind, Body and Spirit category for the 2021 Indie Book Awards. The announcement was made over the weekend. “Thank you to our incredible writers Brennor Jacobs and Brendan Bomberry for your dedication and passion to this publication and to the medicine game, as well as all our illustrators Arnold Jacobs (cover), Bill Powless (center spread) and Artie Martin Jr. (layout/graphic designer), and to all our contributors of the book, Mohawk translators, and of course our extraordinary team at Turtle’s Back Publishing, a division of Ontario Native Literacy Coalition.” The book follows the stories of multiple lacrosse players, and how the game…