Margaret Manuel

Margaret Manuel was born in Kamloops BC and was raised in Merritt British Columbia. She is of Okanagan and Shuswap ancestry. She comes from a family of traditional knowledge keepers. From an early age she was taught to remember who she is and where she comes from. Along with her siblings she was taught the Okanagan language, while she is still not fluent she continues to struggle with her grasp of the language her people speak. It is with this fight to retain the little that she knows and her willingness to keep the flame burning that she continues her journey toward fluency in her native tongue. Being a mother of two, she also thrives to teach and encourage her children to follow in her footsteps. I See Me is Margarets' first book.