character and circumstance
This collection is a valuable resource for anyone interested in First Nations/Native American literature
Cree Narrative: Expressing the Personal Meanings of Events is based on the oral traditions of James Bay Cree Elder John Blackned collected by the author during the 1960s
offers readers both the insider's and scholar's perspective about the connection of public policy to the healing power of Indigenous literature
The book is written in Mohawk and English and is accompanied by an audio CD of the story read in Mohawk by Dorothy Lazore
The Break Grade Nine-Ten-Eleven-Twelve character and circumstanceThe Break is a 2016 release by Mtis author and poet Katherena Vermette. When Stella, a young Mtis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim police, family, and friends tell their personal
