John has traveled the Red Road for over 30 years and during his journeys has met many fellow travelers who have shared their experiences which John has recorded in his book Along the Red Road. John is also author of The Wisdomkeeper Collection, as well as Suicide, Saving the Sundancers (free PDF download from this site) his collection of traditional recipes and herbal remedies can be found in Native Recipes from the Grandmothers. John is also co-author with his wife, Jude Pittman, of the novella Street Justice. John is a Métis person of uncertain historical ancestry as he was taken from his mother at birth and placed with a white family in Northern British Columbia. John has learned from his adoption records that his birth mother was Native and French (Métis) from the north country of British Columbia, descended from the Sekani Nation (which means 'mountain people'.) The Sekani are medicine healers and John has followed the Medicine Path throughout his lifetime. John is co-author of Fly Away Snow Goose (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)