101-Year-Old Still Active, Spry
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Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 5, May 1977, p. 53
Description
Celebration of the 101st birthday of Maggie Okanee of Thunderchild reserve.
Looks at economic leaders in Aboriginal development in the communities of Moberly Lake, Brentwood Bay and Xeni Gwet' First Nation.
Discusses importance of three books: Cogewea the Half-Blood, Coyotes Stories, and Morning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography.
Discusses a play, The Book of Jessica, that illustrates the struggle women have in understanding what being "a woman" means, including across the barriers of race, culture, privilege and age.
Biography of Oscar Lathlin, who went from working a trap line in northern Manitoba to becoming a cabinet minister in Manitoba's NDP government.
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