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Black Water : family, legacy, and blood memory /

Robertson, David, 1977-,


"David A. Robertson, the son of a Cree father and a white, settler mother, grew up with virtually no knowledge or understanding of his family's Indigenous roots. His father, Dulas, or Don as he became known, had grown up on the trapline in the bush only to be transplanted permanently to a house on reserve in Manitoba, where he was not permitted to speak his language--Swampy Cree--and was forced to learn and speak only English while in day school, unless in secret in the forest with his friends. Robertson's mother, Beverly Eyers, grew up in a small town in Manitoba, a town with no Indigenous families, until Don came to town as a United Church minister and fell in love with her. Robertson's parents made the decision to raise their children, in his words, "separate from his Indigenous identity." He grew up without his father's teachings or knowledge of his life or experiences. All he had left was blood memory, the pieces of who he was engrained in the fabric of his DNA. Pieces that he has spent a lifetime putting together. Black Water is a family memoir of intergenerational trauma and healing, of connection, of story, of how David Robertson's father's life--growing up in Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba, then making the journey from Norway House to Winnipeg--informed the author's own life, and might even have saved it. Facing a story nearly erased by the designs of history, father and son journey together back to the trapline at Black Water, through the past to create a new future."--
Date Published:2021

"David A. Robertson, the son of a Cree father and a white, settler mother, grew up with virtually no knowledge or understanding of his family's Indigenous roots. His father, Dulas, or Don as he became known, had grown up on the trapline in the bush only to be transplanted permanently to a house on reserve in Manitoba, where he was not permitted to speak his language--Swampy Cree--and was forced to learn and speak only English while in day school, unless in secret in the forest with his friends. Robertson's mother, Beverly Eyers, grew up in a small town in Manitoba, a town with no Indigenous families, until Don came to town as a United Church minister and fell in love with her. Robertson's parents made the decision to raise their children, in his words, "separate from his Indigenous identity." He grew up without his father's teachings or knowledge of his life or experiences. All he had left was blood memory, the pieces of who he was engrained in the fabric of his DNA. Pieces that he has spent a lifetime putting together. Black Water is a family memoir of intergenerational trauma and healing, of connection, of story, of how David Robertson's father's life--growing up in Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba, then making the journey from Norway House to Winnipeg--informed the author's own life, and might even have saved it. Facing a story nearly erased by the designs of history, father and son journey together back to the trapline at Black Water, through the past to create a new future."--

Date Published:2021

Introducing Mordecai Richler's The apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz : a reader's guide .

Woodcock, George, 1912-


by George Woodcock. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references: p. 62-65 and index. .
Date Published:1990

Ojibwa of Western Canada

Peers, Laura L.


Among the most dynamic Aboriginal peoples in western Canada today are the Ojibwa, who have played an especially vital role in the development of an Aboriginal political voice at both levels of government. Yet, they are relative newcomers to the region, occupying the parkland and prairies only since the end of the 18th century. This work traces the origins of the western Ojibwa, their adaptations to the West, and the ways in which they have coped with the many challenges they faced in the first century of their history in that region, between 1780 and 1870.<BR><BR>The western Ojibwa are descendants of Ojibwa who migrated from around the Great Lakes in the late 18th century. This was an era of dramatic change. Between 1780 and 1870, they survived waves of epidemic disease, the rise and decline of the fur trade, the depletion of game, the founding of non-Native settlement, the loss of tribal lands, and the government's assertion of political control over them. As a people who emerged, adapted, and survived in a climate of change, the western Ojibwa demonstrate both the effects of historic forces that acted upon Native peoples, and the spirit, determination, and adaptive strategies that the Native people have used to cope with those forces. This study examines the emergence of the western Ojibwa within this context, seeing both the cultural changes that they chose to make and the continuity within their culture as responses to historical pressures.<BR><BR><I>The Ojibwa of Western Canada</I> differs from earlier works by focussing closely on the details of western Ojibwa history in the crucial century of their emergence. It is based on documents to which pioneering scholars did not have access, including fur traders' and missionaries' journals, letters, and reminiscences. Ethnographic and archaeological data, and the evidence of material culture and photographic and art images, are also examined in this well-researched and clearly written history. .
Date Published:9410

Among the most dynamic Aboriginal peoples in western Canada today are the Ojibwa, who have played an especially vital role in the development of an Aboriginal political voice at both levels of government. Yet, they are relative newcomers to the region, occupying the parkland and prairies only since the end of the 18th century. This work traces the origins of the western Ojibwa, their adaptations to the West, and the ways in which they have coped with the many challenges they faced in the first century of their history in that region, between 1780 and 1870. The western Ojibwa are descendants of Ojibwa who migrated from around the Great Lakes in the late 18th century. This was an era of dramatic change. Between 1780 and 1870, they survived waves of epidemic disease, the rise and decline of the fur trade, the depletion of game, the founding of non-Native settlement, the loss of tribal lands, and the government's assertion of political control over them. As a people who emerged, adapted, and survived in a climate of change, the western Ojibwa demonstrate both the effects of historic forces that acted upon Native peoples, and the spirit, determination, and adaptive strategies that the Native people have used to cope with those forces. This study examines the emergence of the western Ojibwa within this context, seeing both the cultural changes that they chose to make and the continuity within their culture as responses to historical pressures. The Ojibwa of Western Canada differs from earlier works by focussing closely on the details of western Ojibwa history in the crucial century of their emergence. It is based on documents to which pioneering scholars did not have access, including fur traders' and missionaries' journals, letters, and reminiscences. Ethnographic and archaeological data, and the evidence of material culture and photographic and art images, are also examined in this well-researched and clearly written history. .

Date Published:9410

Laura Secord : the legend and the lady.

McKenzie, Ruth.


Ruth McKenzie ; with a portfolio of illustrations. ill., map ; 23 cm.
Date Published:1971

Dictionary of 20th century history

Brownstone, David M.


By David M. Brownstone, Irene M. Franck. 25 cm. .
Date Published:1990

Absolute beginner's guide to digital photography.


Joseph Ciaglia ... [et al.]. ill. ; 24 cm. Includes index. .
Date Published:2004

Dracula

Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912


Dracula was first published in 1897.
Date Published:1981

Incredible adventures of Louis Riel : , The : Canada's famous revolutionary

Klerks, Cat.


by Cat Klerks. ill., map, ports. ; 22 cm. .
Date Published:2004

Looking for Alaska

Green, John, 1977-



Date Published:2005

Hate u give /, The

Thomas, A. C.,


2017 The Kirkus Prize Finalist - Young Readers. After Starr and her childhood friend Khalil, both black, leave a party together, they are pulled over by a white police officer, who kills Khalil. The sole witness to the homicide, Starr must testify before a grand jury that will decide whether to indict the cop, and she's terrified, especially as emotions run high. By turns frightened, discouraged, enraged, and impassioned, Starr is authentically adolescent in her reactions. Inhabiting two vastly different spheres—her poor, predominantly black neighborhood, Garden Heights, where gangs are a fact of life, and her rich, mostly white private school—causes strain, and Thomas perceptively illustrates how the personal is political: Starr is disturbed by the racism of her white friend Hailey, who writes Khalil off as a drug dealer, and Starr's father is torn between his desire to support Garden Heights and his need to move his family to a safer environment. The first-person, present-tense narrative is immediate and intense, and the pacing is strong, with Thomas balancing dramatic scenes of violence and protest with moments of reflection. The characterization is slightly uneven; at times, Starr's friends at school feel thinly fleshed out. However, Starr, her family, and the individuals in their neighborhood are achingly real and lovingly crafted. VERDICT Pair this powerful debut with Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely's All American Boys to start a conversation on racism, police brutality, and the Black Lives Matter movement.—Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal --Mahnaz Dar (Reviewed 01/01/2017) (School Library Journal, vol 63, issue 1, p105) .
Date Published:2017

2017 The Kirkus Prize Finalist - Young Readers. After Starr and her childhood friend Khalil, both black, leave a party together, they are pulled over by a white police officer, who kills Khalil. The sole witness to the homicide, Starr must testify before a grand jury that will decide whether to indict the cop, and she's terrified, especially as emotions run high. By turns frightened, discouraged, enraged, and impassioned, Starr is authentically adolescent in her reactions. Inhabiting two vastly different spheres—her poor, predominantly black neighborhood, Garden Heights, where gangs are a fact of life, and her rich, mostly white private school—causes strain, and Thomas perceptively illustrates how the personal is political: Starr is disturbed by the racism of her white friend Hailey, who writes Khalil off as a drug dealer, and Starr's father is torn between his desire to support Garden Heights and his need to move his family to a safer environment. The first-person, present-tense narrative is immediate and intense, and the pacing is strong, with Thomas balancing dramatic scenes of violence and protest with moments of reflection. The characterization is slightly uneven; at times, Starr's friends at school feel thinly fleshed out. However, Starr, her family, and the individuals in their neighborhood are achingly real and lovingly crafted. VERDICT Pair this powerful debut with Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely's All American Boys to start a conversation on racism, police brutality, and the Black Lives Matter movement.—Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal --Mahnaz Dar (Reviewed 01/01/2017) (School Library Journal, vol 63, issue 1, p105) .

Date Published:2017

World War 1 Canada's Role


Synopsis: PART A: Introduction; The Road to War - 1914; Canada's Call to Arms; At the Western Front 1914 - 16; The War Effort at Home; The Escalating War 1916-17; Crisis on the Homefront 1917; Breaking the Stalemate 1917-18; The Cost of War PART B: Student Activites 1 to 7 VHS/Grades: 9-11/ 31 MINSAll guides located in Princeton files on top of the file cabinets next to the av.
Date Published:

Dracula

Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912


Dracula was first published in 1897.
Date Published:1981

Jennifer Capriati : teenage tennis star .

Gutman, Bill.


by Bill Gutman. ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index. Traces the tennis career of the young American player who made her professional debut at age thirteen. .
Date Published:1993

Canada : our century in sport.


ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 32 cm. .
Date Published:2002

Laura Secord : the heroic adventures of a Canadian legend

MacDonald, Cheryl,


by Cheryl MacDonald. ill., port. ; 22 cm. .
Date Published:2005

Laura, a portrait of Laura Secord

Robinson, Helen Caister, 1899-


by Helen Caister Robinson. ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 240. .
Date Published:1981

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein [videorecording]


Working title per Baseline, 2/14/95, Frankenstein. Based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. For: ILC ENG 4E. Victor Frankenstein steals a murdered doctor's work journals and sets about constructing a living being from body parts from corpses. The creature comes to life and escapes. Victor falls ill from pneumonia. When he recovers, he thinks the creature has died and decides to go back to Geneva and marry Elizabeth, his adopted sister. The creature is hounded by the townspeople. The creature resolves to take revenge on Victor. He goes after his creator to seek vengeance.
Date Published:1994

Working title per Baseline, 2/14/95, Frankenstein. Based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. For: ILC ENG 4E. Victor Frankenstein steals a murdered doctor's work journals and sets about constructing a living being from body parts from corpses. The creature comes to life and escapes. Victor falls ill from pneumonia. When he recovers, he thinks the creature has died and decides to go back to Geneva and marry Elizabeth, his adopted sister. The creature is hounded by the townspeople. The creature resolves to take revenge on Victor. He goes after his creator to seek vengeance.

Date Published:1994

Maclean's (Feb. 2019) : Inside the angry, closed-minded, petty world of Canadian politics -- and how to fix it.


What's wrong with the right / What's wrong with the left.
Date Published:2019

Alice's adventures in Wonderland & through the looking-glass

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.


A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters. .
Date Published:1981

Peace pipe dreams : the truth about lies about Indians /

Dennis, Darrell


Native names : "What do we call you this week?" -- Native perceptions : the European P.O.V. : "Walk like an In-di-an" -- Native & alcohol : "Why the only Indian on Cheers was a wooden Indian" -- Religion & residential schools : "Peace pipe dreams" -- Treaties : "Sign on the dotted lie" -- Native land : "Let's call ahead and make reservations" -- Native government : "Chief and council or flotsam and jetsam?" -- The future : "Indianfinity and beyond!" Employing pop culture examples, personal anecdote and a cutting wit, Darrell Dennis deftly weaves history with current events to entertain, inform and provide a convincing, readable overview of First Nations issues and why they matter today. Prize(s): Winner Periodical Marketers of Canada Aboriginal Literature Award, First Nation Communities Read Selection (2015) .
Date Published:2014

Native names : "What do we call you this week?" -- Native perceptions : the European P.O.V. : "Walk like an In-di-an" -- Native & alcohol : "Why the only Indian on Cheers was a wooden Indian" -- Religion & residential schools : "Peace pipe dreams" -- Treaties : "Sign on the dotted lie" -- Native land : "Let's call ahead and make reservations" -- Native government : "Chief and council or flotsam and jetsam?" -- The future : "Indianfinity and beyond!" Employing pop culture examples, personal anecdote and a cutting wit, Darrell Dennis deftly weaves history with current events to entertain, inform and provide a convincing, readable overview of First Nations issues and why they matter today. Prize(s): Winner Periodical Marketers of Canada Aboriginal Literature Award, First Nation Communities Read Selection (2015) .

Date Published:2014