Interview: Indigenous Writing and the Residential School Legacy: A Public Interview with Basil Johnston
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Author/Creator
Basil Johnston
Sam McKegney
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 34, no. 2, 2009, pp. 264-274
Description
Transcript of an interview, conducted in 2007, in which Johnston discusses his personal experiences as well as what he sees as the wider impact of the residential school system.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 34, no. 1, Winter, 1981, pp. 25-35
Description
Provides a sketch of John Thompson’s life in as an employee of the HBC from his departure from Gravesend on the King George(III) in 1789, to his return to Stromness in the Orkneys in 1795.
Entire issue in one .pdf, scroll to page 25.
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, vol. 47, no. 2, 2009, pp. [201]-251
Description
History of publishing company started by a group of journalists and socialites from Vancouver who got together to publish Legends of Vancouver to help their sick friend pay for medical expenses.
English and Comparative Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Madurai Kamaraj University, 2009.
Focuses on the following works: In Search of April Raintree,Whispering in the Shadows,Slash, and Halfbreed.
Stories from interviews with Métis war veterans, many who have passed on, regarding their experiences in World War I, World War II or the Korean Conflict.
Follows the writer's career, first as a columnist with Windspeaker, then with the Calgary Herald and finally as a novelist. Discusses The Terrible Summer, Keeper 'n Me, A Quality of Light and for Joshua in relation to other Aboriginal authors' works.
Chapter from the book Wild Words: Essays on Alberta Literature edited by Donna Coates and George Melnyk.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 11, no. 5, May 1981, p. 2
Description
Chiefs of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians remember Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Senator Roy Musqua of the Keeseekoose First Nation.