In her book All Our Relations, Tanya Talaga relates a similar story that was told to her by Cree writer and chief Edmund Metatawabin. Big Brother is always hungry, Edmund told her; he is a voracious monster that never stops eating. He is so hungry that he turns his little brother into a slave and forces him to go out looking for food. But no matter what Little Brother brings—trees for lumber, diamonds from the earth, fish from the rivers—it is never enough. Edmund asked, “When will Little Brother finally stand up and say enough?”
