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Firewater : How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours).

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Regina : University of Regina, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (200 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780889774384
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: FirewaterDDC classification:
  • 362.29208997071
LOC classification:
  • E78.C2 .J646 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Front -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE: THE AUTHOR'S FIRST WORDS TO HIS READERS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A LONG TIME AGO -- WÎSAHKICÂHK'S LOST STORIES -- HOW ALCOHOL IS KILLING MY PEOPLE -- 1. SO THE STORY GOES -- 2. WHO AM I TO SPEAK? -- 3. THE DRUNKEN INDIAN STORY -- 4. A LITTLE BIT MORE HISTORY TO HELP PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE -- 5. A TIME BEFORE ALCOHOL KILLED OUR PEOPLE -- 6. GOING TO THE GRAVEYARD -- 7. THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLES AND THE SUPREME COURT -- 8. FOUR MODELS -- 9. THE TRICKSTER IN THE STORY -- 10. BEING FRANK: EXPOSING THE PROBLEM -- 11. COSTS OF THE ALCOHOL STORY -- 12. EMPLOYMENT -- 13. THE STORY WE TELL OURSELVES -- 14. THE STORY -- TELL THEMSELVES -- 15. ADDICTIONS -- 16. THE LAND -- 17. IT'S ALL ONLY A STORY -- 18. BANNING ALCOHOL -- 19. TREATMENT -- 20. LEADERSHIP -- 21. THE STORYTELLER -- 22. HEALING -- 23. COMMUNITY -- 24. THE SOBER HOUSE AND THE SOBER COMMUNITY -- LETTERS FROM OUR SCOUTS, THE ARTISTS -- A LETTER FROM TRACEY LINDBERG -- A LETTER FROM RICHARD VAN CAMP -- FOR THE FUTURE -- WÎSAHKICÂHK RETURNS TO FIND OUT HE IS STORY -- APPENDIX: TREATY NO. 6 -- INDEX.
Summary: A passionate call to action from a veteran prosecutor, Firewater examines alcohol--its history, its myths, and its devastating impact on Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike.
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Front -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE: THE AUTHOR'S FIRST WORDS TO HIS READERS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A LONG TIME AGO -- WÎSAHKICÂHK'S LOST STORIES -- HOW ALCOHOL IS KILLING MY PEOPLE -- 1. SO THE STORY GOES -- 2. WHO AM I TO SPEAK? -- 3. THE DRUNKEN INDIAN STORY -- 4. A LITTLE BIT MORE HISTORY TO HELP PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE -- 5. A TIME BEFORE ALCOHOL KILLED OUR PEOPLE -- 6. GOING TO THE GRAVEYARD -- 7. THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLES AND THE SUPREME COURT -- 8. FOUR MODELS -- 9. THE TRICKSTER IN THE STORY -- 10. BEING FRANK: EXPOSING THE PROBLEM -- 11. COSTS OF THE ALCOHOL STORY -- 12. EMPLOYMENT -- 13. THE STORY WE TELL OURSELVES -- 14. THE STORY -- TELL THEMSELVES -- 15. ADDICTIONS -- 16. THE LAND -- 17. IT'S ALL ONLY A STORY -- 18. BANNING ALCOHOL -- 19. TREATMENT -- 20. LEADERSHIP -- 21. THE STORYTELLER -- 22. HEALING -- 23. COMMUNITY -- 24. THE SOBER HOUSE AND THE SOBER COMMUNITY -- LETTERS FROM OUR SCOUTS, THE ARTISTS -- A LETTER FROM TRACEY LINDBERG -- A LETTER FROM RICHARD VAN CAMP -- FOR THE FUTURE -- WÎSAHKICÂHK RETURNS TO FIND OUT HE IS STORY -- APPENDIX: TREATY NO. 6 -- INDEX.

A passionate call to action from a veteran prosecutor, Firewater examines alcohol--its history, its myths, and its devastating impact on Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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