Call me Indian : from the trauma of residential school to becoming the NHL's first Treaty Indigenous player

Title
Call me Indian : from the trauma of residential school to becoming the NHL's first Treaty Indigenous player

Personal Author EPSB
Fred, Sasakamoose

Summary
Fred Sasakamoose, torn from his home at the age of seven, endured the horrors of residential school for a decade before becoming one of 120 players in the most elite hockey league in the world. When people tell his story, this is usually where they end it. Sasakamoose's story was far from over. He paved a way for youth to find solace and meaning in sports for generations to come. This ground breaking memoir intersects Canadian history and Indigenous politics, and follows his journey to reclaim pride in an identity that had previously been used against him.

Year Published
2021-2022

Physical Description
xvii, 268 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Personal Subject
Sasakamoose, Fred, 1933-

Subject
Cree -- Saskatchewan -- Biography
 
Hockey players -- Canada -- Biography
 
Indigenous hockey players -- Canada -- Biography
 
Indigenous peoples -- Saskatchewan -- Residential schools

Genre
Autobiographies

Added Author
Masters, Meg,
 
Trottier, Bryan, 1956-

Summary
Fred Sasakamoose, torn from his home at the age of seven, endured the horrors of residential school for a decade before becoming one of 120 players in the most elite hockey league in the world. When people tell his story, this is usually where they end it. Sasakamoose's story was far from over. He paved a way for youth to find solace and meaning in sports for generations to come. This ground breaking memoir intersects Canadian history and Indigenous politics, and follows his journey to reclaim pride in an identity that had previously been used against him.

ISBN
9780735240018
 
9780735240032

Publisher
[Toronto] : Viking, 2021.
 
Toronto : Penguin Canada, 2022.
 
©2021


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Edmonton Christian High971.24 SASBook30905000120166Non-Fiction