Up Ghost River : a chief's journey through the turbulent waters of Native history / Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo ; foreword by Joseph Boyden.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Toronto : Random House Canada, 2014Description: xvii, 316 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0307399877 (bound)
- 9780307399878 (bound)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | Biography | Metatawa E. M587 | Available | 33111007617984 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A powerful, raw and eloquent 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. After being seperated from his family at 6, Metatwabin was given a number and stripped of his Native identity. At his residential school, he was physically, emotionally and sexually abused. The trauma haunted him throughout his adult life until he reconnected with his Native past.
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.