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Towards a Prairie Atonement (The Regina Collection)
Trevor Herriot
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Description for Towards a Prairie Atonement (The Regina Collection)
Hardcover. In the wake of colonization, in a landscape of loss and dispossession, can we rediscover ways to share the land with other creatures and one another? Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: RGBC; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
When the government recently tried to abandon its responsibility to protect what little remains of the natural prairie, Trevor Herriot pushed back, only to discover an injustice haunting the lands he was trying to defend. In 1938, when the Métis of Ste. Madeleine returned from working away, they found their homes burnt to the ground and their animals shot. The land they held in common was no longer theirs, but was now controlled by the federal government. Facing his own responsibility as a descendent of settlers, he connects today's ecological disarray to the legacy of Metis dispossession and the ... Read more
When the government recently tried to abandon its responsibility to protect what little remains of the natural prairie, Trevor Herriot pushed back, only to discover an injustice haunting the lands he was trying to defend. In 1938, when the Métis of Ste. Madeleine returned from working away, they found their homes burnt to the ground and their animals shot. The land they held in common was no longer theirs, but was now controlled by the federal government. Facing his own responsibility as a descendent of settlers, he connects today's ecological disarray to the legacy of Metis dispossession and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
208 g
Number of Pages
110
Place of Publication
Regina, Canada
ISBN
9780889774544
SKU
V9780889774544
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About Trevor Herriot
Trevor Herriot is a prairie naturalist and the author of award-winning books, including Grass, Sky, Song and the national bestseller River in a Dry Land. A grassland activist and skilled birder, he is a frequent guest on CBC Radio, and he posts regularly on grassland culture and environmental issues on his blog Grass Notes (trevorherriot.blogspot.ca). He and his wife, Karen, ... Read more
Reviews for Towards a Prairie Atonement (The Regina Collection)
"Impassioned." - Globe and Mail " Towards a Prairie Atonement is ultimately a call to action and a testimonial to the power of amends." - Toronto Star "Herriot's writing sweeps across the page with the same breadth of the prairie he loves.... By book's end, Towards a Prairie Atonement becomes an important call to action for increased prairie conservation and ... Read more