Night spirits : the story of the relocation of the Sayisi Dene

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  • Author: Bussidor, Ila
    Contributor:

    Bilgen-Reinart, Üstün

    Summary:

    Night Spirits is the story of the Sayisi Dene of northern Manitoba. In their own words, they describe how the Canadian government abruptly relocated them from their ancestral homelands and left them to live in slums on the outskirts of a frontier town. The Sayisi Dene - "the People from the East"--Offer a stark and brutally honest account of their near destruction as a people and their determination to reclaim their lives. It is a dark story, but one that is told in hope.

    Contents:
    • Cover
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgements
    • Introduction (ÃœstÃ?n Bilgen-Reinart)
    • The Narrators of This Book
    • My Story (Ila Bussidor)
    • The Caribou and the People
    • The People from the East
    • Treaty Five
    • Duck Lake
    • Preserved at all Costs
    • The Relocation
    • Churchill
    • Camp-10
    • Alcohol Takes Over
    • Dene Village
    • Deaths
    • Return to the Land
    • Tadoule Lake
    • Appendix
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History, Indigenous materials
    Original Publisher: Winnipeg, Man. , University of Manitoba Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9780887553486

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    0887553486

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    9780887550393

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DC Contributor

Bilgen-Reinart, Üstün

Abstract

Night Spirits is the story of the Sayisi Dene of northern Manitoba. In their own words, they describe how the Canadian government abruptly relocated them from their ancestral homelands and left them to live in slums on the outskirts of a frontier town. The Sayisi Dene - "the People from the East"--Offer a stark and brutally honest account of their near destruction as a people and their determination to reclaim their lives. It is a dark story, but one that is told in hope.

Genre
Canadian nonfiction
History
Indigenous materials
Publisher (Source)

Winnipeg, Man.

University of Manitoba Press

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