Celia''s Song

Mink is a witness, a shape shifter, compelled to follow the story that has ensnared Celia and her village, on the West coast of Vancouver Island in NuuChahlnuth territory.

Celia is a seer who despite being convinced shes a little off must heal her village with the assistance of her sister, her mother and father, and her nephews.

While mink is visiting, a double-headed sea serpent falls off the house front during a fierce storm. The old snake, ostracized from the village decades earlier, has left his terrible influence on Amos, a residential school survivor. The occurrence signals the unfolding of an ordeal that pulls Celia out of her reveries and into the tragedy of her cousins granddaughter.

Each one of Celias family becomes involved in creating a greater solution than merely attending to her cousins granddaughter.

Celias Song relates one NuuChahlnuth familys harrowing experiences over several generations, after the brutality, interference, and neglect resulting from contact with Europeans.