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Up Ghost River

A Chief's Journey Through The Turbulent Waters of Native History

ISBN-13: 9780307399885

Author(s): Edmund Metatawabin

Subjects: JHMC

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Vintage - US

Publication Date: 25-06-2015

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: Temporary unavailable

£18.99
Up Ghost River

About the book

After being separated from his family at age 7, Edmund Metatawabin was assigned a number and stripped of his Native identity. At his residential school he was physically and emotionally abused. Leaving high school, he turned to alcohol to forget the trauma. He later left behind his wife and family, and fled to Edmonton, where he joined a Native support group that helped him come to terms with his addiction. By listening to elders' wisdom, he learned how to live an authentic Native life within a modern context, thereby restoring what had been taken from him.