Catherine Lafferty’s journey from wild youth to politically-conscious council member for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation chronicles her constant search to find something better, in spite of the many obstacles in her life.
The commission struck to investigate the truth of the dog slaughter did far more than just report that there was no conspiracy. It produced thematic reports on everything from health care to "The Official Mind of Canadian Colonialism," and it changed the way Nunavummiut look at the recent past.
Richard Van Camp’s stories in this 2009 collection feel easy and conversational, and are carried along by dark humour, detailed descriptions of sexual conquest, and 1980’s era imagery, writes our reviewer Sarah Swan.
I read the book in two sittings and enjoyed it immensely. It’s nice to be written about, Bidini is a good writer and reading this book gave me new appreciation for the things that are around me, every day. Then I went to my book club meeting about it.
Hugh Brody's book The People's Land took an anthropological approach to the problem of whites in the Eastern Arctic. "It puts White culture under a microscope, and our residual colonialism stands out with embarrassing clarity," Thomas Berger wrote at the time. Still true.
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