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Halfbreed / Maria Campbell.

Campbell, Maria, (author.).

Summary:

"A new, fully restored edition of the essential Canadian classic. An unflinchingly honest memoir of her experience as a Métis woman in Canada, Maria Campbell's Halfbreed depicts the realities that she endured and, above all, overcame. Maria was born in Northern Saskatchewan, her father the grandson of a Scottish businessman and Métis woman--a niece of Gabriel Dumont whose family fought alongside Riel and Dumont in the 1885 Rebellion; her mother the daughter of a Cree woman and French-American man. This extraordinary account, originally published in 1973, bravely explores the poverty, oppression, alcoholism, addiction, and tragedy Maria endured throughout her childhood and into her early adult life, underscored by living in the margins of a country pervaded by hatred, discrimination, and mistrust. Laced with spare moments of love and joy, this is a memoir of family ties and finding an identity in a heritage that is neither wholly Indigenous or Anglo; of strength and resilience; of indominatable spirit. This edition of Halfbreed includes a new introduction written by Indigenous (Métis) scholar Dr. Kim Anderson detailing the extraordinary work that Maria has been doing since its original publication 46 years ago, and an afterword by the author looking at what has changed, and also what has not, for Indigenous people in Canada today. Restored are the recently discovered missing pages from the original text of this groundbreaking and significant work."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780771024092 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: xxi, 194 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: Updated edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Updated and with a new afterword by the author"--Cover.
Previously published: Toronto : McClelland and Stewart Limited, ©1973.
Subject: Campbell, Maria.
Métis > Canada, Western > Biography.
Métis women > Canada, Western > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch 971.2004970092 Campb 2019 31681010176550 NONFICPBK Available -


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