Memoir
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Chapter 7Entering the Fray From: Fight or Submit |
Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add | |
From Ervin Chartrand, Selkirk, Métis/Salteaux“They said I fit the description because I looked like six other kids with leather vests and long hair who looked Indian.” From: How We Go Home |
Ervin Chartrand, of Selkirk, Manitoba is of Métis/Salteaux descent. He describes his childhood characterized by a lack of belonging, and joining a street gang at the age of fourteen. He … | Sara Sinclair | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
From Chapter 8Building a Future, Fighting the Past From: Fight or Submit |
Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add | |
From James Favel, Winnipeg, Peguis First Nation“You’re a stakeholder because you’ve got to walk these streets every day.” From: How We Go Home |
James Favel, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is of the Peguis First Nation. He describes his childhood in Winnipeg and his reaching out to his father as teenager, and reconnecting with his culture. He … | Sara Sinclair | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
From Chapter 9Assassination Attempt From: Fight or Submit |
Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add | |
From Marian Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo“Indigenous peoples’ reason for being is to be the caretakers of the air, the water, the land, and each other.” From: How We Go Home |
Marian Naranjo, of Santa Clara Pueblo, is the founder of Honor Our Pueblo Existence. She shares about the challenges the Pueblo people have had in working to steward their land in the face of … | Sara Sinclair | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
From Blaine Wilson, Tsartlip First Nation“When I was twenty-five, thirty, there was more salmon and I was fishing every other day. Now I’m lucky to go once a week.” From: How We Go Home |
Blaine Wilson, of Tsartlip First Nation on Vancouver Island, is a hunter and fisherperson, one of the few remaining who know how to live off the land. He describes his childhood and family at … | Sara Sinclair | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
From Chapter 10Restoring Cut-Off Lands, Building a Highway From: Fight or Submit |
Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add | |
From Althea Guiboche, Winnipeg, Métis/Ojibwe/Salteaux“I had three babies under three years old and I was homeless.” From: How We Go Home |
Althea Guiboche, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is of Métis/Ojibwe/Salteaux descent. She is a respected community advocate for homeless in the North End of Winnipeg, an experience she understands … | Sara Sinclair | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
From Chapter 11Character Assassination Attempt From: Fight or Submit |
Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add | |
From Chapter 12A Royal Commission on Me From: Fight or Submit |
Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add | |
From Vera Styres, Six Nations of the Grand River, Mohawk/Tuscarora“I was a ‘scabby, dirty little Indian.’” From: How We Go Home |
Vera Styres is of the Six Nations of the Grand River and she is of Mohawk/Tuscarora descent. She is a retired social worker. She speaks of her childhood in residential schools, and of coming to … | Sara Sinclair | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
From Chapter 13Back to Business From: Fight or Submit |
Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add | |
From GlossaryFrom: How We Go Home |
The glossary defines the key terms appearing throughout the book. | Sara Sinclair | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
From Chapter 14War in the Woods From: Fight or Submit |
Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add | |
From Historical Timeline of Indigenous North AmericaFrom: How We Go Home |
This historical timeline maps out key dates and events in Indigenous North America, tracing the impact of colonialism, and ends in 2020. | Sara Sinclair | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |