residential schools The Miramichi Reader

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Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

October 9, 2020October 7, 2020 by Michelle Porter

Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention.

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Doug Knockwood, Mi’kmaw Elder: Stories, Memories, Reflections by Doug Knockwood & Friends

September 3, 2018 by James M. Fisher

Less than one month after publishing these memoirs, Mr. Knockwood died on June 16, 2018 at the age of 88. He suffered from pneumonia and heart failure, which is not surprising, as he had only one lung, having lost the … Continue reading

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Daniel Paul, Mi’kmaw Elder by Jon Tattrie

June 22, 2018November 9, 2017 by James M. Fisher

-winning author Jon Tattrie, whose most recent book, Redemption Songs (2016, Potterfield Press) was about the history of Black Africans in North America, has turned his attention to one of the most prominent First Nations personages, Daniel N. Paul, Mi’kmaw … Continue reading

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Blackbird Calling by Laura Swart

May 15, 2018January 19, 2017 by James M. Fisher

When I first received Blackbird Calling (Quattro Books, 2016) and started reading it, I soon put it aside because I wasn’t ready for it, my mind wanted an ‘easy’ read at the time (it being summertime and the season of … Continue reading

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Wake the Stone Man by Carol McDougall

June 29, 2019August 31, 2015 by James M. Fisher

Wake the Stone Man (2015, Roseway Publishing) is Nova Scotia author Carol McDougall’s latest novel and it is a very thought-provoking one. It won the 2013 Beacon Award for social justice literature, which is a prize for an unpublished novel. … Continue reading