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Social Science Indigenous Studies

Moose Meat & Wild Rice

by (author) Basil Johnston

Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Initial publish date
Nov 1987
Category
Indigenous Studies, Customs & Traditions, Native American Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780771044441
    Publish Date
    Nov 1987
    List Price
    $23.00

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Description

Moose Meat and Wild Rice is a unique comic collection by one of Canada's first and most successful Aboriginal authors, who turns his talents to a mischievous (but never malicious) depiction of Ojibway and Ojibway-White relations, with the gentle satire cutting both ways.

Light, but nevertheless realistic, told as fiction but based in fact, the escapades undertaken by the populace of Moose Meat Point Reserve encompass havoc and hilarity, prejudice and pretence.

About the author

Basil Johnston is cherished as an esteemed Anishinaabe writer, storyteller, language teacher and scholar. He was born in Wasauking First Nation in 1929, and was a member of the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. Basil wrote fifteen books in English and five in Ojibway.
For his work, Johnston received numerous awards including the Order of Ontario and three honourary doctorates. Basil's accolades include the 2013 Ontario Arts Council Aboriginal Arts Award, the 2007 Anskohk Aboriginal Literary Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2004 Aboriginal Achievement Award for Heritage and Spirituality and the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal.
Basil Johnston was one of the foremost Anishinaabe writers and storytellers, and his comedic stories about life in residential school, Indian School Days, is a classic. Candies is another of his delightful humourous works. In Think Indian, Basil highlights the critical importance of preserving Indigenous language and culture. Basil passed away at Wiarton, Ontario in 2015 at the age of 86.

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User Reviews

wild rice and moose meat

Loved, cried and laughed through the whole book. A great insight on reservation living. The stories were written with humor but underlying it was sad how white prejudice influenced and controlled their existence specifically the Ojibway. The stories tell of escapades undertaken by the populace of Moose Meat Point Reserve. A great read to make you think and entertain.

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