| Towards a Prairie Atonement Contributor(s): Herriot, Trevor (Author), Fleury, Norman (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 0889774544 ISBN-13: 9780889774544 Publisher: University of Regina Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Plains & Prairies - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - History | North American |
| Dewey: 971.274 |
| LCCN: 2016364939 |
| Series: Regina Collection |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.6" W x 6.7" (0.40 lbs) 110 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Canadian - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Towards a Prairie Atonement addresses the question of our relationship with the land by enlisting the help of a Metis Elder and revisiting the history of one corner of the Great Plains. This book's lyrical blend of personal narrative, prairie history, imagery, and argument begins with the cause of protecting native grasslands on community pastures. As the narrative unfolds, however, Trevor Herriot, the award-winning author of Grass, Sky, Song and River in a Dry Land, finds himself recruited into the work of reconciliation. Facing his own responsibility as a descendent of settlers, he connects today's ecological disarray to the legacy of Metis dispossession and the loss of their community lands. With Indigenous and settler people alienated from one another and from the grassland itself, hope and courage are in short supply. This book offers both by proposing an atonement that could again bring people and prairie together. |
Contributor Bio(s): Herriot, Trevor: - Trevor Herriot is an award-winning author and a naturalist. Married with four children, Trevor and his wife, Karen, have a home in Regina and a small cabin in the Aspen Parkland prairie south of Indian Head. |