{"product_id":"ernestine-shuswap-gets-her-trout-paperback","title":"Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTomson Highway\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on a deposition signed by 14 Chiefs of the Thompson River basin on the occasion of a visit to their lands by Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1910, \u003ci\u003eErnestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout\u003c\/i\u003e is a ritualized retelling of how the Native Peoples of British Columbia lost their fishing, hunting and grazing rights, their lands, and finally their language without their agreement or consent, and without any treaties ever having been signed. It is one of the most compellingly tragic cases of cultural genocide to emerge from the history of colonialism, enacted by four women whose stories follow each other like the cyclical seasons they represent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in the spirit of Shuswap, a \"Trickster language\" within which the hysterically comic spills over into the unutterably tragic and back, this play is haunted by the blood of the dead spreading over the landscape like a red mist of mourning.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTomson Highway\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTomson Highway was born near Maria Lake, Manitoba in 1951. Living a nomadic lifestyle with no access to books, television or radio, Highway's parents would tell their children stories, kindling Highway's life-long interest in the oral tradition of storytelling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTomson Highway is widely recognized for his tremendous contribution to the development of Aboriginal theatre in both Canada and around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1994, he was inducted into the Order of Canada, the first Aboriginal writer to be so honoured.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.77 x 5.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772969845024,"sku":"9780889225251","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d27ccdc3180a175c48725580cdaaacb0.webp?v=1780417509","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ernestine-shuswap-gets-her-trout-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}