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Bathtubs but No Water: A Tribute to the Mushuau Innu
Gerry Steele
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paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
In 1967, the Mushuau Innu – the Aboriginal people of Labrador – were resettled on Davis Inlet by the Canadian government. Originally a land-based people, this move to the coast created cultural, economic and spiritual upheaval, and Davis Inlet became synonymous with shocking substance abuse and suicide rates. In Bathtubs but No Water, Gerry Steele offers the reader a participant observer’s perspective on Davis Inlet. An employee of the federal government working with the Mushuau Innu since 1993, Steele explores their oral history of the resettlement process, substance abuse and deaths, and argues that these problems are a direct result ... Read more
In 1967, the Mushuau Innu – the Aboriginal people of Labrador – were resettled on Davis Inlet by the Canadian government. Originally a land-based people, this move to the coast created cultural, economic and spiritual upheaval, and Davis Inlet became synonymous with shocking substance abuse and suicide rates. In Bathtubs but No Water, Gerry Steele offers the reader a participant observer’s perspective on Davis Inlet. An employee of the federal government working with the Mushuau Innu since 1993, Steele explores their oral history of the resettlement process, substance abuse and deaths, and argues that these problems are a direct result ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Canada
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Black Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
ISBN
9781552664056
SKU
V9781552664056
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