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Good for nothing / Michel Noël ; translated by Shelley Tanaka.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780888996169 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 322 pages ; 18 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, [2012]
- Copyright: ©2004.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Translation and compilation of: Hiver indien, Journal d'un bon à rien and Le coeur sur la braise.
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- Subject:
- Algonquin Indigenous > Quebec (Province) > Fiction.
Métis > Quebec (Province) > Fiction. - Topic Heading:
- Indigenous.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbrook Campus | PS 8577 .O356 G66 2004 (Text) | 31111000039915 | CRANBROOK | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-04-17 |
- Baker & Taylor
Starting in 1959, fifteen-year-old Algonquian Indian Nipishish deals with being kicked out of residential school, attending high school off the reservation, his love for Pinamen, and the previous death of his father. Reprint. - Baker & Taylor
Starting in 1959, fifteen-year-old Algonquian Indian Nipishish deals with being kicked out of residential school, attending high school off the reservation, his love for Pinamen, and the previous death of his father. - Perseus Publishing
Winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction
The year is 1959, and fifteen-year-old Nipishish returns to his reserve in northern Quebec after being kicked out of residential school, where the principal tells him he's a good-for-nothing who, like all Indians, can look forward to a life of drunkenness, prison and despair.
The reserve, however, offers nothing to Nipishish. He remembers little of his late mother and father. In fact, he seems to know less about himself than the people at the band office. He must try to rediscover the old ways, face the officials who find him a threat, and learn the truth about his father's death.
- Perseus PublishingThe year is 1959, and fifteen-year-old Nipishish returns to his reserve in northern Quebec after being kicked out of residential school, where the principal tells him he can look forward, like all Native Americans, to a life of drunkenness, prison, and despair. But despite his new freedom, the reserve offers little to a young Métis man. Both his parents are dead, his father Shipu, a respected leader, dying mysteriously at a young age. When Nipishish is sent to a strange town to live with a white family and attend high school, he hopes for the new life the change promises. But despite some bright spots ? a simpatico teacher, a part-time job, a possible girlfriend ? the adjustments prove overwhelming. Forced to return to his people, he must try to rediscover the old ways, face the officials who find him a threat, and learn the truth about his fatherâs death. Michel Noël's vibrant writing brings Nipishish's story ? and the ongoing struggle of native communities ? to life in this powerful tale.
- Reasearch AssociatesThe year is 1959, and fifteen-year-old Nipishish returns to his reserve in northern Quebec after being kicked out of residential school, where the principal tells him he can look forward, like all Indians, to a life of drunkenness, prison, and despair. But despite his new freedom, the reserve offers little to a young Métis man. Both his parents are dead, his father Shipu, a respected leader, dying mysteriously at a young age. When Nipishish is sent to a strange town to live with a white family and attend high school, he hopes for the new life the change promises. But despite some bright spots â a simpatico teacher, a part-time job, a possible girlfriend â the adjustments prove overwhelming. Forced to return to his people, he must try to rediscover the old ways, face the officials who find him a threat, and learn the truth about his fatherâs death. Michel Noel's vibrant writing brings Nipishish's story â and the ongoing struggle of native communities â to life in this powerful tale.