Carrying it forward : essays from Kistahpinânihk / John Brady McDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDonald, John, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian essays--21st century.

Canadian essays.

Indigenous peoples--Saskatchewan--History.

Indigenous peoples.

Prince Albert (Sask.)--History.

Prince Albert (Sask.).

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

233 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Hamilton, ON : Wolsak and Wynn Publishers, [2022]

Summary:

"John Brady MacDonald has lived in Kistahpinanihk, an area that includes Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, for nearly all his life. A member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation and a descendent of Metis leader Jim Brady, John Brady has worked to move carefully between these two nations -- to learn their stories, honour their traditions and reclaim their languages, all of which were nearly lost to him. In this wide-ranging collection the author looks at everything from the city of Prince Albert to his experience of residential school, to northern firefighting, to his time in the United Kingdom, where he "discovered" and "claimed" the island for the First People of the Americas. These are essays filled with history, much careful observation and some hard-learned lessons about racism, about recovery, about the ongoing tragedies facing Indigenous peoples. With honesty, a poet's turn of phrase and a bit of sly humour, John Brady pulls us deep into the life he has lived in Kistahpinanihk and asks us to consider what life could be like in a New North Territory."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

By way of introduction

The new North Territory

The educated savage

The West flat

Not THAT John A.

Ruminations on England

Big shoes to fill

July 1, 2020

My regalia

The flag thing

The verdict

Two roads

The photograph

10-42, return to base

The painting

On writer's block

The kitchen

Okimâw

In conclusion

Epilogue.

ISBN:

9781989496596

1989496598

OCLC:

1335112818

Publisher Number:

99993474512