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Night spirits : the story of the relocation of the Sayisi Dene / Ila Bussidor and Ustun Bilgen-Reinart.
This book is the story of the Sayisi Dene of northern Manitoba. In their own words they describe how the Canadian government aburptly relocated them from their ancestral homelands, in Duck Lake, and left them to live in the slums on the outskirts of a frontier town, Churchill. 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. Between 1956 and 1973, nearly one-third of the Sayisi Dene died violently, or as a result of their terrible living conditions. In 1973, they reasserted their independence and built a new community at Tadoule Lake.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780887556432 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 9780887551659 (cloth) :
- ISBN: 0887551653 (cloth) :
- ISBN: 0887556434 (paper) :
- Physical Description: xxii, 152 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, c1997.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-152). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Acknowledgements -- Introduction (Ustun Bilgen-Reinart) -- The narrorators 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. |
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| Subject: | Sayisi Dene First Nation > History. Dene > Manitoba > Social conditons. Dene > Relocation > Manitoba. Dene > Manitoba > Social conditions. Dene > Relocation > Manitoba. |
| Topic Heading: | First Nations Canada. Indigenous. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merritt Campus | E99 T56 B87 1997 (Text) | 111606 | Regular Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Merritt Campus | E99 T56 B87 1997 (Text) | 122404 | Regular Collection | Available | - | |
| Merritt Campus | E99 T56 B87 1997 (Text) | 123970 | Regular Collection | Available | - |
