Towards a prairie atonement /

In the wake of colonization, in a landscape of loss and dispossession, can we rediscover ways to share the land with other creatures and one another? Towards a Prairie Atonement addresses this question by enlisting the help of a Metis Elder and revisiting the history of one corner of the Great Plain...

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Main Author: Herriot, Trevor (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2016]
Series:Regina collection.
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