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

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

Fred, Sasakamoose

Resumen
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.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2021-2022

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

Materia personal
Sasakamoose, Fred, 1933-

Término de la materia
Cree -- Saskatchewan -- Biography
 
Hockey players -- Canada -- Biography
 
Indigenous hockey players -- Canada -- Biography
 
Indigenous peoples -- Saskatchewan -- Residential schools

Género
Autobiographies

Autor añadido
Masters, Meg,
 
Trottier, Bryan, 1956-

Síntesis
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

Información de publicación
[Toronto] : Viking, 2021.
 
Toronto : Penguin Canada, 2022.
 
©2021


BibliotecaSignatura topográficaTipo de materialCódigo de barras del documentoEstado
Edmonton Christian High971.24 SASBook30905000120166Non-Fiction