Over the next couple years the boy and his mother received postcards from Laetitia that seem to suggest she is doing well in Salt Lake City. Laetitia and her mother eventually said their goodbyes and she walked across the border into Sweet Grass, Montana. While Laetitia and her mother drank coffee and talked about her leaving, the boy had an orange soda and went to look at an abandoned museum. Nevertheless, their mother was proud of all that she had achieved and that she had made this decision independently.Īfter Laetitia packed, they drove to the Canada-U.S. Laetitia had not left home with her mother's blessing. Because their father was American, from Rocky Boy, Montana, this meant they had no trouble travelling across the border. Now twelve or thirteen, the boy is thrilled that his mother hasĭecided to visit his sister in Salt Lake City. She left when she was seventeen, and her brother seven or eight years It is told in retrospect, by a young boy, who along with his mother, are preparing to visit his older sister who left their reserve in Canada and who now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. This graphic novel is an adaptation based on one of indigenous author, Thomas King's short stories. Borders is a story that explores citizenship and identity from an indigenous perspective.
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