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Image courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada
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Up Ghost River : a chief's journey through the turbulent waters of Native history
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

2014
Book > Biography
Related School
St. Anne's (ON)
Creators
Metatawabin, Edmund
Contributors
Shimo-Barry, Alex; Boyden, Joseph
Description
"In the 1950s, 7-year-old Edmund Metatawabin was separated from his family and placed in one of Canada's worst residential schools. St. Anne's, in northern Ontario, is an institution now notorious for the range of punishments that staff and teachers inflicted on students. Years later, in seeking healing, Metatawabin participated in Native cultural training workshops that emphasize the holistic approach to personhood at the heart of Cree culture. Now his mission is to help the next generation of residential school survivors"--publisher's website.

Subjects

Metatawabin, Edmund.

More Information

Holding Library
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
ISBN
9780307399878; 0307399877
Statement of Responsibility
Edmund Metatawabin ; with Alexandra Shimo.
Publication Information
Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Physical Description
xvii, 316 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm
Notes
"Foreword by Joseph Boyden"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and endnotes.
Issued also in electronic format.
First Nations author.
Contents
Map of Northern Ontario -- Author's Note -- Foreword / Joseph Boyden -- Introduction -- Part One Chapters One to Eleven -- Part Two Chapters Twelve to Twenty- Seven --- Epilogue -- Getting Involved -- Suggested Reading -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Text and Image Permissions.
Electronic Location and Access
Also available online (authentication may be required)
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