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Title Statement | Valley of the Birdtail: an Indian reserve, a white town, and the road to reconciliation / Andrew Stobo Sniderman & Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii). |
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Author | Sniderman, Andrew Michael Stobo, 1983- |
Additional Contributors | Sanderson, Douglas,1971- |
Publication | Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd,[2022]℗♭2022 |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | xv, 368 pages |
ISBN | 9781443466301 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr06643839 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | "A heartrending true story about racial injustice, residential schools and a path forward Divided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the Waywayseecappo reserve and the town of Rossburn have been neighbours nearly as long as Canada has been a country. Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope. In the town of Rossburn, once settled by Ukrainian immigrants, the average family income is near the national average and more than a third of adults have graduated from university. By contrast, the average family on the Waywayseecappo reserve lives below the national poverty line and less than a third of adults have graduated from high school, with many living in the shadow of the residential school system. Valley of the Birdtail is about how these two communities became separate and unequal--and what it means for the rest of us. The book follows multiple generations of two families and weaves their experiences within the larger story of Canada. It is a story with villains and heroes, irony and idealism, racism and reconciliation. A story with the ambition to change the way people think about Canada's past, present, and future."-- |
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By Topic | First Nations--Economic conditions--Manitoba |
First Nations--Social conditions--Manitoba | |
By Location | Manitoba--Ethnic relations--History |
Manitoba--Race relations--History | |
Rossburn (Man.)--Economic conditions | |
Rossburn (Man.)--Social conditions |