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Rus siwaalu utipaachimuwin chisaasiipiihch uhchiiu / Raas siwaalwaa utipaachimuwin, chisesiipiiuiinuu / L'histoire de Rose Swallow de Chisasibi

The Story of Rose Swallow of Chisasibi

by (author) Ruth Dyckfehderau

with James Bay Cree Storytellers

translated by Luci Bobbish-Salt, Louise Blacksmith & Valérie Duro

Publisher
Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay
Initial publish date
Sep 2021
Category
Indigenous Studies, Diabetes
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781989796047
    Publish Date
    Sep 2021
    List Price
    $6.99

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When Rose was in high school, she saw a girl in the bathroom injecting a needle into her leg. A heroin addict, she thought, right here in my school!. But then she learned about a new disease, creeping into her community. A retrospective on diabetes in Eeyou Istchee. In Northern East Cree, French, Southern East Cree, and English.

About the authors

Ruth DyckFehderau has written two nonfiction books with James Bay Cree storytellers: The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee: Stories of Diabetes and the James Bay Cree (2017, 2nd Ed 2020) and E Nâtamukh Miyeyimuwin: Residential School Recovery Stories of the James Bay Cree, Vol. 1 (forthcoming 2023). Her work has been translated into five languages and she has won many literary awards. She sometimes teaches Creative Writing and English Lit at the University of Alberta. She lives in Edmonton with her partner. She is hearing-impaired. This is her first novel.

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