Children's Fiction Native American
Enwhisteetkwa Walk in Water
- Publisher
- Theytus Books
- Initial publish date
- Oct 1986
- Category
- Native American
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780919441125
- Publish Date
- Oct 1986
- List Price
- $5.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
Enwhisteetkwa is an inside view of what life might have been like for an Indian child of eleven in 1860 in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. The book concludes in the fall season when foods have been gathered and thanks are given to the Creator - to the Great Spirit.
About the author
Jeannette Armstrong is an award-winning novelist, activist and poet born on the Okanagan Reserve. Known for her literary work, Armstrong has always sought to change deeply biased misconceptions about Indigenous people. Her novel Slash is considered by many people to be the first novel by a First Nations woman. In 2013 she was appointed a Canada Research Chair in Okanagan Indigenous Knowledge and Philosophy to research, document, categorize and analyze Okanagan syilx oral literature in Nsyilxcn.
