In recent years, in Canada, there has been the production of aboriginal graphic novels which intend to act as agents of socio-cultural transformations. Each in their own way, The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book (Hill 2010) and Innu Meshkenu: Tracer son chemin (Couture, Duquette and Lemieux 2014) both aim to encourage empowerment of their indigenous readers as well as deconstruct the stereotypical view of their non-indigenous readerships. This article presents a theoretical and conceptual perspective on the educational potential of aboriginal graphic memories in terms of cultural education and empowerment purposes.