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Valley of the Birdtail : an Indian reserve, a White town, and the road to reconciliation Cover Image Book Book

Valley of the Birdtail : an Indian reserve, a White town, and the road to reconciliation / Andrew Stobo Sniderman & Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii).

Sniderman, Andrew Michael Stobo, 1983- (author.). Sanderson, Douglas, 1971- (author.).

Summary:

"A heartrending true story about racial injustice, residential schools and a path forward. Divided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the Waywayseecappo reserve and the town of Rossburn have been neighbours nearly as long as Canada has been a country. Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope. In the town of Rossburn, once settled by Ukrainian immigrants, the average family income is near the national average and more than a third of adults have graduated from university. By contrast, the average family on the Waywayseecappo reserve lives below the national poverty line and less than a third of adults have graduated from high school, with many living in the shadow of the residential school system. Valley of the Birdtail is about how these two communities became separate and unequal--and what it means for the rest of us. The book follows multiple generations of two families and weaves their experiences within the larger story of Canada. It is a story with villains and heroes, irony and idealism, racism and reconciliation. A story with the ambition to change the way people think about Canada's past, present, and future."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781443466301
  • ISBN: 1443466301
  • Physical Description: xv, 368 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, [2022]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-358) and index (pages 359-368).
Formatted Contents Note:
Masters of their own destiny -- The cunning of the white man -- Sifton's pets -- Partnership.

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Subject: First Nations > Manitoba > Social conditions.
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Rossburn (Man.) > Social conditions.
Rossburn (Man.) > Economic conditions.
Manitoba > Race relations > History.
Manitoba > Ethnic relations > History.

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    A heart-rending true story about racism and reconciliation

    Divided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the town of Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo Indian reserve have been neighbours nearly as long as Canada has been a country. Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope.

    Valley of the Birdtail is about how two communities became separate and unequal—and what it means for the rest of us. In Rossburn, once settled by Ukrainian immigrants who fled poverty and persecution, family income is near the national average and more than a third of adults have graduated from university. In Waywayseecappo, the average family lives below the national poverty line and less than a third of adults have graduated from high school, with many haunted by their time in residential schools.

    This book follows multiple generations of two families, one white and one Indigenous, and weaves their lives into the larger story of Canada. It is a story of villains and heroes, irony and idealism, racism and reconciliation. Valley of the Birdtail has the ambition to change the way we think about our past and show a path to a better future.

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