The Fire I Keep

The Fire I Keep

About the Substack

Stories of healing, culture, politics and spirit from an Ojibway writer—on both sides of the border and at the edges of the fire.

Free Subscription Benefits

• Free subscribers get all the good stuff I share here, because keeping this space free and accessible matters to me.

Paid Subcription Benefits

• The main perk? You get to be one of the lovely humans helping me keep this Substack free and accessible while supporting the work behind it.
• A special kind of appreciation from me for believing in this work so fully. This includes my undying gratitude, which is not nothing
• Occasional subscriber-only videos, behind-the-scenes thoughts, and extra bits from the writing life

Paid Subscription Plans

• $8 a month
• $80 a year

About Julie Francella

Ojibway writer, artist, mental health counsellor & weekly co-host on SiriusXM. Professor of Indigenous studies. Citizen of Batchewana First Nation. I write about healing, culture, politics, art, & the wild holiness of staying human