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

Up ghost river : a chief's journey through the turbulent waters of Native history / Edmund Metatawabin, with Alexandra Shimo ; foreword by Joseph Boyden.

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
  • 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.

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Indian activists > Canada > Biography.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at College of the Rockies.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Cranbrook Campus E 99 .C88 M483 2015 (Text) 31111000145332 CRANBROOK Volume hold Available -

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