Indigenous

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Chapter Four

Chapter Four

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes how, in 1920 at seven years old, she was taken from the Stoney Creek reserve to attend the Mission School at Fort St. James. 6 $0.60 Add
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Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fourteen

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John traces the relentless toll of tuberculosis and poverty on the Stoney Creek community during the Depression and into the 1950s. 7 $0.70 Add
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Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes her arranged marriage to Lazare John on the Stoney Creek reserve in 1929. 9 $0.90 Add
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Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Nineteen

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes the Stoney Creek reserve in British Columbia through the late 1970s and 1980s. 7 $0.70 Add
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Chapter One

Chapter One

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes her family’s history, beginning with the 1918 influenza pandemic. 6 $0.60 Add
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Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes her dread at returning to Lejac residential school after a fraudulent healer swindled the Stoney Creek reserve. 4 $0.40 Add
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Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Seventeen

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes how Indigenous women formed the Busy Beavers chapter of the Homemakers Club in 1942. 10 $1.00 Add
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Chapter Six

Chapter Six

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes her five years at the Lejac residential school. 5 $0.50 Add
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Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Sixteen

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chaper, Mary John describes how the Indian Act shaped daily life in the Stoney Creek community, focusing on alcohol restrictions from her childhood through the 1960s. 5 $0.50 Add
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Chapter Ten

Chapter Ten

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes her marriage to Lazare John. 5 $0.50 Add
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Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Thirteen

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John recounts how in 1934, a man in her community died from consuming contaminated home brew. She discusses the absence of government support for Indigenous families … 3 $0.30 Add
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Chapter Three

Chapter Three

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes the importance of the seasons for her family’s way of life. 11 $1.10 Add
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Chapter Twelve

Chapter Twelve

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes life on the Stoney Creek reserve during the 1930s Great Depression. 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John discusses her experiences as an elder passing on Carrier culture. 10 $1.00 Add
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Chapter Two

Chapter Two

From: Stoney Creek Woman

In this chapter, Mary John describes the 1918 influenza pandemic’s devastating toll on the Stoney Creek reserve in central British Columbia. 6 $0.60 Add
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Charlie Furlong, Aklavik
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Charlie Furlong, Aklavik

From: Book of Hope

This chapter traces the life of Charlie Furlong, a Gwich’in elder in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. 6 $0.60 Add