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Up ghost river : a chief's journey through the turbulent waters of Native history

Metatawabin, Edmund 1947- (author.). Shimo, Alexandra (author.). Boyden, Joseph (foreword.).

Summary: A memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s, the resulting trauma, and the spirit he rediscovered within himself and his community through traditional spirituality and knowledge.

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  • ISBN: 9780307399885 (softcover)
  • Physical Description: xix, 316 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
    print
  • Publisher: Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2015.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: Map of Northern Ontario -- Author's note -- Introduction -- Part one. Chapters one to eleven -- Part two. Chapters twelve to twenty-seven -- Epilogue -- Getting involved -- Suggested reading.
Subject: Metatawabin, Edmund -- 1947-
Native peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools
Native peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Education
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions
Cree Indians -- Biography
Indian activists -- Canada -- Biography

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  • 9 of 9 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.

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Creston Public Library 971.004 MET (Text)
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Summary: A memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s, the resulting trauma, and the spirit he rediscovered within himself and his community through traditional spirituality and knowledge.

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