By Shari Narine Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Tasha Hilderman is proudly Metis whether or not her children’s picture books are about her Mtis culture. “With Lights at Night I can be Métis, but not everything I do has to be about being Métis,” said Hilderman, who is of Métis descent through her mother’s side. Lights at Night, vibrantly illustrated by Maggie Zeng, depicts a Métis family taking part in marshmallow roasts, cheering at football games, trick-or-treating on Halloween, and disembarking from the school bus right next to combines in the autumn field. There is also a family of foxes that make their way throughout the pages of the book. Lights at Night, which will be released Aug. 5, is Hilderman’s follow-up to her first children’s picture book, Métis Like

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