Night spirits : the story of the relocation of the Sayisi Dene
1997
Book
Night Spirits is the story of the Sayisi Dene of northern Manitoba. In their own words, they describe how the Canadian government abruptly relocated them from their ancestral homelands and left them to live in slums on the outskirts of a frontier town. The Sayisi Dene--"the People from the East"--offer a stark and brutally honest account of their near destruction as a people and their determination to reclaim their lives. It is a dark story, but one that is told in hope.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780887556432
- 0887556434
Description: xxii, 152 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Notes:
- Canadiana.
- Includes bibliographical references.
Control Number: 1577374
Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba : The University of Manitoba Press, [1997]Series:
- Manitoba Studies in Native History
- Manitoba Studies in Native History ; 10
- Manitoba studies in native history
- Manitoba studies in native history ; 10.
Subjects:
- Denesuline -- Government relations.
- Denesuline -- Manitoba -- Social conditions.
- Denesuline -- Relocation -- Manitoba.
- Indigenous peoples, Treatment of -- Manitoba.
- Sayisi Dene First Nation -- History.
Other Authors: Bilgen-Reinart, Üstün, 1947- author.