Cole Pauls
{{Short description|Canadian comic book author}}
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Cole Pauls is a Canadian comic book writer, from Haines Junction, Yukon.
He is a member of the Tahltan First Nation, and his Dakwäkãda Warriors series is written in English and Southern Tutchone.
In an interview with High Country News, Pauls described how he was inspired to write his comic by his desire to help Native children.
CBC Books placed his book on its recommended reading list for the winter of 2020.
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{{cite news
| url = https://quillandquire.com/omni/cole-pauls-on-his-nerdy-yukon-comic-collection-dakwakada-warriors/
| title = Cole Pauls on his nerdy Yukon comic collection Dakwäkãda Warriors
| work = Quill & Quire
| author = Shanda Deziel
| date = 2019-11-07
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| accessdate = 2020-02-05
| quote = Growing up in Haines Junction, Yukon, Cole Pauls drew comics just for himself.
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{{cite news
| url = https://www.cbc.ca/arts/exhibitionists/cole-pauls-s-comics-preserve-first-nations-language-and-also-celebrate-punks-eating-pizza-1.5092379
| title = Cole Pauls's comics preserve First Nations language — and also celebrate punks eating pizza
| work = CBC Arts
| author = Camille Vernet
| date = 2019-04-10
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| accessdate = 2020-02-05
| quote = To make it happen, Pauls got help from Vivian Smith, who has taught him Souther Tutchoneto since he was in kindergarten. He also got support from the elders in his community, who shared their stories with him. He says, {{'}}Because I've spent so many years learning it, I felt the responsibility to incorporate it into my work. Because my dad never got to do that; my grandmother never got to do that.{{'}}
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{{cite news
| url = https://www.hcn.org/issues/50.22/tribal-affairs-indigenous-comics-push-back-against-hackneyed-stereotypes
| title = Indigenous comics push back against hackneyed stereotypes
| work = High Country News
| author = Tristan Ahtone
| date = 2018-12-04
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20181219005620/https://www.hcn.org/issues/50.22/tribal-affairs-indigenous-comics-push-back-against-hackneyed-stereotypes
| archivedate = 2018-12-19
| accessdate = 2020-02-05
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{{cite news
| url = https://www.yukon-news.com/entertainment/dakwkda-warriors-comic-series-collected-into-new-book/
| title = Dakwäkãda Warriors comic series collected into new book
| work = Yukon News
| author = Jackie Kong
| date = 2019-10-04
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191006020850/https://www.yukon-news.com/entertainment/dakwkda-warriors-comic-series-collected-into-new-book/
| archivedate = 2019-10-06
| accessdate = 2020-02-05
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| quote = A hybrid work combining elements of Southern Tutchone culture and science-fiction with a not-so-subtle critique of colonialism, Dakwäkãda Warriors has also received acclaim for its language-revival effort, with Pauls seamlessly weaving Southern Tutchone vocabulary into the comic’s story line.
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{{cite news
| url = https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-cbc-books-winter-reading-list-40-books-to-read-to-kick-off-2020-1.5442796
| title = The CBC Books winter reading list: 40 books to read to kick off 2020
| work = CBC Books
| date = 2020-01-28
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200204065321/https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-cbc-books-winter-reading-list-40-books-to-read-to-kick-off-2020-1.5442796
| archivedate = 2020-02-04
| accessdate = 2020-01-29
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| quote = Canada was the promised land, but when he didn't fit in and life was more difficult than he expected, Ali turned to drugs and partying before finding his way.
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Category:21st-century Canadian male writers
Category:21st-century First Nations writers