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Stories from the magic canoe of Wa'xaid

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2019

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Format:	Book
Author:	Paul, Cecil, author
Title:	Stories from the magic canoe of Wa'xaid / Cecil Paul, as told to Briony Penn ; foreword by Roy Henry Vickers.
Publisher, Date:	Victoria, B.C. : RMB Rocky Mountain Books, 2019. ©2019
Description:	224 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 19 cm
Summary:	“The Magic Canoe brings peace to one’s soul. It is a warm wind moving our hearts. Wa’xaid takes us on a journey that regenerates and empowers us. T’ismista, the stone hunter, looks down on the Magic Canoe and reminds us to listen to storytellers like Cecil Paul. This is a story for the family of man; we are all in the canoe together and our stories need to be shared with each other.” – Roy Henry Vicker
Subjects:	Paul, Cecil Paul, Cecil -- History Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Biography Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools Oral history -- British Columbia Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Social life and customs Psychic trauma -- British Columbia Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Government relations Reconciliation Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Land tenure Indigenous peoples -- Cultural assimilation -- British Columbia -- History Haisla Indians -- History Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History
Other Author:	Penn, Briony, editor Vickers, Roy Henry, 1946- illustrator, author
Contents:	Preface / Roy Henry Vickers -- Foreword / Lousia Smith -- So many arrows came our way, 1792-1941 -- Journey in the Magic Canoe, 1990-1994 -- Journey of Hell, 1941-1971 -- Healing journey, 1971-1994 -- More good journeys in the Magic Canoe, 1995-2018.
ISBN:	9781771602952 (hardcover) 9781771603379 (hardcover)
System Availability:	12
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	12
Control Number:	1742171
Call Number:	971.004/97
Course Reserves:	0
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