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Life in the city of dirty water : a memoir of healing  Cover Image Book Book

Life in the city of dirty water : a memoir of healing / Clayton Thomas-Müller.

Summary:

A gritty and inspiring memoir from renowned Cree environmental activist Clayton Thomas-Muller, who escaped the world of drugs and gang life to take up the warrior's fight against the assault on Indigenous peoples' lands--and eventually the warrior's spirituality.

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  • ISBN: 9780735240063 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 229 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: [Toronto] : Allen Lane, 2021.

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Formatted Contents Note:
A note from ni mama (my mother) -- Tapasîwin = Flight -- Nôtinikêwiyiniw = Warrior -- Nîpîy = Water -- Nanâtawihowin = Healing -- Iskotêw = Fire.
Biographical or Historical Data:
BCRE Clayton Thomas-Müller is a member of the Treaty #6 based Mathias Colomb Cree Nation located in Northern Manitoba.
Subject: Thomas-Müller, Clayton.
Indigenous peoples > Canada
Environmentalists > Canada > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Topic Heading: Indigenous lands
Indigenous lands

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Legislative Library.

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Legislative Library, Vaughan Street CT 1 Thomas-Muller Tho (Text) 36970100348244 General Collection Volume hold Available -

CLAYTON THOMAS-MÜLLER is a member of the Treaty #6 based Mathias Colomb Cree Nation also known as Pukatawagan and located in Northern Manitoba, Canada. He has been recognized by Yes Magazine as a Climate Hero and is featured as one of ten international human rights defenders in the National Canadian Museum for Human Rights. He has campaigned across Canada, Alaska, and the lower 48 states organizing in hundreds of First Nations, Alaska Native, and Native American communities to support Indigenous Peoples to defend their territories against the encroachment of the fossil fuel industry, with a special focus on stopping the expansion of the Canadian tar sands and its associated pipelines. Clayton is an award winning film director, media producer, organizer, facilitator, public speaker, and bestselling author on Indigenous rights and environmental & economic justice. His book, Life in the City of Dirty Water, is a national bestseller and a CBC Canada Reads finalist.


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