Humour has always been an essential part of North American Indigenous culture. This fact remained unnoticed by most settlers, however, since non-Indigenous just didn't get the joke. For most of written history, a stern, unyielding profile of "the Indian" dominated the popular mainstream imagination. Indians, it was believed, never laughed. But Indians themselves always knew better. As an award-winning playwright, columnist and comedy-sketch creator, Drew Hayden Taylor has spent 15 years writing and researching Aboriginal humour. For Me Funny, he asked a noted cast of writers from a variety of fields — including such celebrated wordsmiths as Thomas King, Allan J. Ryan, Mirjam Hirch and Tomson Highway — to take a look at what makes Aboriginal humour tick. Their hilarious, enlightening contributions playfully examine the use of humour in areas as diverse as stand-up comedy, fiction, visual art, drama, performance, poetry, traditional storytelling and education. (From Douglas & McIntyre)