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For decades, the singular and provocative paintings by Kent Monkman (Fish River Cree Nation) have featured a recurring character—an alter ego of sorts, a shape-shifting, time-travelling elemental being named Miss Chief Eagle Testickle. Though we have glimpsed them across the years in films and on countless canvases, it is finally time to hear their story, in their own words. And, in doing so, to hear the whole history of Turtle Island anew. The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island is a genre-demolishing work of genius, the imagined history of a legendary figure through which profound truths emerge—a deeply Cree and gloriously queer understanding of our shared world, its past, its present, and its possibilities.
Written by Kent Monkman and long-time collaborator Gisèle Gordon. Published by McClelland & Stewart in 2025. 2-volume set in a slipcase box, measures 10.1 x 6.6 x 1.4 inches. ISBN 9780771023415