Larry Grant
September 25th, 2025
At age four, Larry Grant was stripped of his Indian status when the federal government discovered his Musqueam mother had married a Chinese immigrant, a moment that set the course for a lifetime of searching for belonging. Now a respected Elder, storyteller and language educator, he shares this journey in Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong (Douglas & McIntyre $26.95). Told through conversations with writer Scott Steedman, Reconciling traces Grant’s life across pivotal sites from the Musqueam reserve and Chinatown to the Vancouver docks and the Mission residential school. Elder-in-residence at UBC’s First Nations House of Learning and the Justice Institute of BC, Grant has dedicated his later years to preserving hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, the endangered Musqueam language, while fostering dialogue about reconciliation, identity and the meaning of home. 9781770417984
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