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"In a passionate call to action, Harold Johnson, Cree trapper and Crown Prosecutor, examines alcohol--its history, its myths, and its devastating impact on his community. Confronting what he calls a crime against humanity--one in every two will die an alcohol-related death in northern communiti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Harold, 1954-2022 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, [2016]
Temas:
Indians of North America > Alcohol use > Canada.
Alcoholism > Social aspects > Canada.
Alcoholism > Treatment > Canada.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Social aspects > Canada.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > History.
Spiritual healing.
Indians > Alcohol use > Canada.
Alcoolisme > Traitement > Canada.
Alcoolisme > Aspect social > Canada.
Peuples autochtones > Consommation d'alcool > Canada.
Consommation d'alcool > Aspect social > Canada.
Consommation d'alcool > Histoire.
Guérison par la foi.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Alcoholism > Social aspects.
Alcoholism > Treatment.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Social aspects.
Indians of North America > Alcohol use.
Canada.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Kayâs : a long time ago: Wîsahkicâhk's lost stories
  • Part 2. How alcohol is killing my people: So the story goes ; Who am I to speak? ; The drunken Indian story ; A little bit more history to help put it in perspective ; A time before alcohol killed our people ; Going to the graveyard ; The Royal Commission on Aboriginal peoples and the Supreme Court ; Four models ; The trickster in the story ; Being frank : exposing the problem ; Costs of the alcohol story ; Employment ; The story we tell ourselves ; The story kiciwamanawak tell themselves ; Addictions ; The land ; It's all only a story ; Banning alcohol ; Treatment ; Leadership ; The storyteller ; Healing ; Community ; The sober house and the sober community
  • Part 3. Letters from our scouts, the artists: A letter from Tracey Lindberg ; A letter from Richard Van Camp
  • Part 4. Niyâk : for the future: Wîsahkicâhk returns to find out he is story
  • Appendix: Treaty No. 6.

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