Hudson Bay Watershed: A Photographic Memoir of the Ojibway, Cree, and Oji-Cree

Denise Denomme is a library assistant at Laurentian University.

When I first received this book for reviewing, I read the introduction.
Then I looked at the photographs . . . and put the book down. I picked
it up again . . . then put it down. Hudson Bay Watershed is that kind of
book. Reading it is like perusing a distant relative’s photo album:
there is but a tenuous link between the reader and the book’s
contents. These are Macfie’s memories of his time in Northern Ontario
among the Algonquins in the 1950s—and, as such, they evoke moments in
time for him. But for me, the text is disjointed. There is no index; the
chapter titles and photo captions are deceiving. The background
information on the people and places is sketchy. The book leaves me with
questions and a strong feeling that something is lacking. The
black-and-white photographs are stark but they do capture the pride of
the people.

Only 120 pages long, this book seems longer.