James Bay memoirs and other stories / Margaret Sam-Cromarty ; edited by Isabella Huberman and Élise Couture-Grondin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sam-Cromarty, Margaret, author.

Contributor:

Huberman, Isabella, editor.

Couture-Grondin, Élise, editor.

Series:

First voices, first texts ; 8.

First voices, first texts ; 8

Standardized Title:

Works

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sam-Cromarty, Margaret.

James Bay Region--Literary collections.

James Bay Region.

Canada--James Bay Region.

Genre:

Autobiographies

Literary collections

Literature

Literature.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

327 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2026]

Summary:

"James Bay Memoirs and Other Stories brings together the poetry, stories, essays, and editorials of Eeyou writer Margaret Sam-Cromarty. Born in 1936 on Fort George Island in Eeyou Istchee, Sam-Cromarty is the daughter of hunters and trappers, a residential school survivor, a mother and grandmother, and a poet and painter. In 1980, during the first phase of Hydro-Quebec's James Bay project, she was forced to relocate to the newly created village of Chisasibi, along with other Fort George residents. This event informs much of her writing, in which she documents family and community life, and her experiences of the land both before and after the relocation. Throughout the 1990s, Sam-Cromarty regularly contributed to the Cree magazine The Nation and published three books: James Bay Memoirs: A Cree Woman's Ode to her Homeland in 1992, Indian Legends and Poems in 1996, and Cree Poems and Stories in 2000. Gathered for the first time in this volume, and accompanied by a new interview with the author, as well as a contextualizing essay by editors Isabella Huberman and Elise Couture-Grondin, these writings are a testament to her role in keeping Eeyou culture and knowledge alive. Truthful, poignant and playful, Margaret Sam-Cromarty's life's work is a remarkable contribution to Indigenous literatures in Qǔbec and Canada."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Sam-Cromarty, Margaret. Works. James Bay memoirs and other stories.

ISBN:

9781772841381

1772841382

9781772841398

1772841390

OCLC:

1527717147