Up Ghost River: A Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History

Up Ghost River: A Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native HistoryA powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s, the resulting trauma, and the spirit he rediscovered within himself and his community through traditional spirituality and knowledge. Foreword by Joseph Boyden. After being separated from his family at age 7, Metatawabin was assigned a number and stripped of his Native identity. At his residential schoolone of

compounded by racism

"The pieces in this collection will be meaningful to many still

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the role of Ojibwe culture and tradition

Eldon offers his son a world the boy has never seen

“Far greater even than the loss of land

This book shows how vital and alive and essential Indigenous ways of being and thinking are

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and a deep appreciation of Tohono O'odham culture and traditions

Curious about the world beyond the reservation

and stories (many in bilingual Ishishkíin-English format) about family life

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