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Night spirits : the story of the relocation of the Sayisi Dene

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    University of Manitoba Press, 1997
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    University of Manitoba Press, 2019

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  • Author: Bussidor, Ila
    Contributor: Bilgen-Reinart, Üstün
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    1997
    Summary:

    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.

    Contents:
    • Cover
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgements
    • Introduction (ÃœstÃ?n Bilgen-Reinart)
    • The Narrators of This Book
    • My Story (Ila Bussidor)
    • The Caribou and the People
    • The People from the East
    • Treaty Five
    • Duck Lake
    • Preserved at all Costs
    • The Relocation
    • Churchill
    • Camp-10
    • Alcohol Takes Over
    • Dene Village
    • Deaths
    • Return to the Land
    • Tadoule Lake
    • Appendix
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
    Genre:
    Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Indigenous materials
    Subject(s): Government relations | Indigenous peoples, Treatment of | Dene
    Original Publisher: Winnipeg, Man., University of Manitoba Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780887553486, 0887553486, 9780887550393