[14][15] The collection was praised for Vowel's "caustic style and astute insights"[16] and compared favorably to Thomas King's The Inconvenient Indian.
[19][20] In 2018, Vowel contributed a poem to the critical anthology Refuse: CanLit in Ruins, which engages with historical and current issues in Canadian literature.
She has written most notably, about political concerns regarding the Métis nation and about the missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.
Her last article for them, in 2018, was on the importance of giving her children Cree names, and the reclaiming of indigenous identity as a result- reminiscent of the themes of many of her fiction works.
[29] Vowel's work is inherently political itself, noted by the author to be both a social commentary and a criticism of the treatment of Indigenous populations, especially those within Canada.
This game is told from the perspective of a young Cree woman who is working to defend traditional land, with the hope of having players identify with the struggle of Indigenous communities and to learn about the Idle No More movement.
[30] In 2018 OpenCanada included Vowel on their annual Twitterati list which highlights the work of Indigenous people responding to policy in Canada and abroad.
[31] Vowel is also active on Twitter under her username @/apihtawikosisan where she comments on current national and international events, as well as creates conversations about gender, politics, and Indigenous populations.