The first volume of Jovette Marchessault’s autobiographical trilogy, Le crachat solaire [Like a Child of the Earth], tells the story of the narrator’s cosmic journey to the earth, her birth, as well as her travels in the belly of a Greyhound bus through the Americas as an adult, which connects her to “the Amerindian land.” After a long journey, she feels the need to return to Montreal, a story of return that joins that of her fall to the earth in the carnal envelope of her physical body. The two intertwining narratives offer an alternative vision of history through a narrative of the self, of her family, of her ancestors and of a creation story. This unique feminist text published in 1975 articulates patriarchal domination with the violence of colonialism in an effort to offer a feminist and anti-colonial version of the history of Montreal, Quebec, and the Americas more broadly. From my position as a white settler feminist, I analyze how Marchessault’s autobiographical narrative pushes for an anti-colonial consciousness for Quebec feminists and encourages a critical look at the history of colonialism in Quebec.