Our Story - Aboriginal Voices on Canada's Past

Zusatztext "Ingenious. . . . The concept works. . . brilliantly." — Maclean’s " Our Story is an impressive collection of original fiction. . . . Brian Maracle’s retelling of the Iroquois creation myth is . . . powerful and haunting. . . . Jovette Marchessault’s 'Moon of the Dancing Sons' is! simply! beautiful and heartrending! while Rachel Qitsualik’s 'Skraeling'is a narrative of the highest order. . . . Our Story bridges native and European narrative traditions with considerable force." — Quill and Quire Informationen zum Autor THOMAS KING is of Cherokee, Greek, and German descent. For the past five decades, he has worked as an activist for Native causes and an administrator of Native programs, and has taught Native literature and history at universities in the United States and Canada. He is the bestselling author of five novels, including Medicine River , Green Grass, Running Water , and Truth and Bright Water. He has been nominated for or won numerous awards and honours, including the National Aboriginal Achievement Award, the Governor General's Literary Award, the Trillium Award, the Commonwealth Prize, and the Order of Canada. TOMSON HIGHWAY is a Cree from Brochet, in northern Manitoba. He is the celebrated author of the plays The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing , both of which won Dora Mavor Moore Awards and Floyd S. Chalmers Awards. He holds three honorary degrees and is a member of the Order of Canada. Klappentext A collection of original stories written by some of the country's most celebrated Aboriginal writers! and inspired by pivotal events in the country's history. Inspired by history! Our Story is a beautifully illustrated collection of original stories from some of Canada's most celebrated Aboriginal writers. Asked to explore seminal moments in Canadian history from an Aboriginal perspective! these ten acclaimed authors have travelled through our country's past to discover the moments that shaped our nation and its people. Drawing on their skills as gifted storytellers and the unique perspectives their heritage affords! the contributors to this collection offer wonderfully imaginative accounts of what it's like to participate in history. From a tale of Viking raiders to a story set during the Oka crisis! the authors tackle a wide range of issues and events! taking us into the unknown! while also bringing the familiar into sharper focus. Our Story brings together an impressive array of voices — Inuk! Cherokee! Ojibway! Cree! and Salish to name just a few — from across the country and across the spectrum of First Nations. These are the novelists! playwrights! journalists! activists! and artists whose work is both Aboriginal and uniquely Canadian. Brought together to explore and articulate their peoples' experience of our country's shared history! these authors' grace! insight! and humour help all Canadians understand the forces and experiences that have made us who we are. Maria Campbell • Tantoo Cardinal • Tomson Highway • Drew Hayden Taylor • Basil Johnston • Thomas King • Brian Maracle • Lee Maracle • Jovette Marchessault • Rachel Qitsualik Preface The standard textbook history of Aboriginal peoples begins twelve millennia ago as the world was coming out of an Ice Age. The ancestors of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples crossed the Bering Strait from Siberia to North America. Moving steadily south and east, over the course of hundreds of generations, the descedants of this original group of explorers won for themselves a continent. In the path of their migration, up and down the face of North and South America, they created a quilt-work of civilizations, each with its own history and values. Over the millennia these nations rose, fell, and evolved in concert with the larger rhythms of nature. Flash forward to the early 15...

Product details

• Authors: Tantoo Cardinal, Tomson Highway, Thomas King
• Publisher: Random House Canada
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.09.2005
• EAN: 9780385660761
• ISBN: 978-0-385-66076-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature