Scratching river / Michelle Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porter, Michelle, 1975- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Life writing series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Porter, Michelle, 1975-.

Porter, Michelle.

Porter, Michelle, 1975---Family.

Métis--Prairie Provinces--Biography.

Métis.

Métis--Prairie Provinces--History.

Schizophrenics--Care--Prairie Provinces.

Schizophrenics.

Schizophrenics--Family relationships--Prairie Provinces.

Autistic people--Care--Prairie Provinces.

Autistic people.

Autistic people--Family relationships--Prairie Provinces.

Autistic people--Family relationships.

Families.

Schizophrenics--Care.

Schizophrenics--Family relationships.

Prairie Provinces.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Scratching River weaves multiple stories and voices across time to explore the strengths and challenges of the ways in which M̌tis have created, and continue to create, home through a storied and mobile social geography that is always on the move. The book foregrounds the story of a search for a home for Michelle Porter's older brother, who holds dual diagnoses of schizophrenia and autism, and the abuse he endured at the rural Alberta group home that was supposed to care for him. Interspersed throughout are news clippings about the investigation into "The Ranch," the home in question. M̌tis history is woven between the contemporary stories of the author, her brother, and her mother. As the pieces come together, the book uses the river as a metaphor to suggest that rather than a weakness, the ability to move and move again and to move on has enabled survival, healing, and ongoing reconciliation."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Scratching River

2. The West Bank of Red River

3. The Buffalo Hunt at Wood Mountain

4. When the Buffalo are Scarce: Moving Down the Missouri River

5. At the Speed of an Ox: The Hunt in Cypress Hills

6. The Birds of the Plains

7. Wintering Over

8. Having a Dance at Judith Basin

9. It's Spring Again and We're Heading to St. Albert

10. Traveling to See the Cousins in St. Norbert

11. Fire on the Prairies

12. Buffalo Treaty.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Porter, Michelle (Poet) Scratching river.

ISBN:

1771125446

9781771125444

OCLC:

1235415896