The shoe boy : a trapline memoir
Title
:
The shoe boy : a trapline memoir
Personal Author EPSB
:
Duncan, McCue
Summary
:
At age 17, Duncan McCue spent five months in a hunting cabin with a James Bay Cree family. His coming-of-age memoir of those days is frank, funny and evocative. It's also a beautiful sketch of the landscape and culture of the Cree -- a nation still recovering from massive hydroelectric projects that flooded over 11,000 square kilometres of their traditional territory. His story entqines the challenghes of identity for First Nations youth, the sexual frustration and hopeful confusion of the teenage years, and the realities of living in an enduring state of culture shock.
Year Published
:
2020,
2016
Physical Description
:
86 pages ; 21 cm.
Personal Subject
:
McCue, Duncan.
Matthew, Robbie, Sr.
Subject
:
Cree peoples -- Trapping -- James Bay Region.
Ojibwa peoples -- Trapping -- James Bay Region.
Cree peoples -- Ethnic identity.
Cree peoples -- Social life and customs.
Cree peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.
Indigenous journalists -- Canada -- Biography.
Geographic Term
:
Canada -- James Bay Region.
Genre
:
Biography.
Summary
:
At age 17, Duncan McCue spent five months in a hunting cabin with a James Bay Cree family. His coming-of-age memoir of those days is frank, funny and evocative. It's also a beautiful sketch of the landscape and culture of the Cree -- a nation still recovering from massive hydroelectric projects that flooded over 11,000 square kilometres of their traditional territory. His story entqines the challenghes of identity for First Nations youth, the sexual frustration and hopeful confusion of the teenage years, and the realities of living in an enduring state of culture shock.
ISBN
:
9780774880572
Publisher
:
Vancouver, British Columbia : Purich Books, 2020.
©2016
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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| Jasper Place | 639 MCC | Reference resource | 30071000658851 | Non-Fiction |