Scratching river
Record details
- ISBN: 9781771125444 (softcover)
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Physical Description:
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160 pages : maps, illustrations ; 21 cm - Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1 Scratching River -- 2 The West Bank of Red River -- 3 The Buffalo Hunt at Wood Mountain -- 4 When the Buffalo are Scarce: Moving Down the Missouri River -- 5 At the Speed of an Ox: The Hunt in Cypress Hills -- 6 The Birds of the Plains -- 7 Wintering Over -- 8 Having a Dance at Judith Basin -- 9 It's Spring Again and We're Heading to St. Albert -- 10 Traveling to See the Cousins in St. Norbert -- 11 Fire on the Prairies -- 12 Buffalo Treaty -- Afterword -- A Bibliography Can Be Dangerous Terrain. |
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Genre: | Autobiographies. |
Topic Heading: | Indigenous. Métis Canada. Fist Nations Canada. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at University College of the North Libraries.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | PS 8631 .O7374 A3 2022 (Text) | 58500000808436 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Perseus Publishing
Scratching River weaves multiple stories and voices across time to explore the strengths and challenges of the ways in which Métis have created, and continue to create, home through a storied and mobile social geography that is always on the move.
The book foregrounds the story of a search for a home for Michelle Porterâs older brother, who holds dual diagnoses of schizophrenia and autism, and the abuse he endured at the rural Alberta group home that was supposed to care for him. Interspersed throughout are news clippings about the investigation into âThe Ranch,â the home in question. Métis history is woven between the contemporary stories of the author, her brother, and her mother. As the pieces come together, the book uses the river as a metaphor to suggest that rather than a weakness, the ability to move and move again and to move on has enabled survival, healing, and ongoing reconciliation.
- Univ of Toronto Pr
Finding Home. Scratching River is the author's older brother's story. This book is about the search for home for her brother, who has the dual diagnoses of autism and schizophrenia and the abuse he suffered in one of the homes he lived in. This story is linked to historical and contemporary M?tis home and mobility. - Univ of Toronto Pr
Scratching River braids the voices of mother, brother, sister, ancestor, and river to create a story about environmental, personal, and collective healing.
This memoir revolves around a search for home for the authorâs older brother, who is both autistic and schizophrenic, and an unexpected emotional journey that led to acceptance, understanding and, ultimately, reconciliation. Michelle Porter brings together the oral history of a Métis ancestor, studies of river morphology, and news clippings about abuse her older brother endured at a rural Alberta group home to tell a tale about love, survival, and hope. This book is a voice in your ear, urging you to explore your own braided histories and relationships.