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Nutaui's Cap
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- Book Synopsis
- Without warning, a deafening boom drove us to the ground, even Nutaui. I heard my heart pound hard against my chest. Seconds later another earsplitting blast struck us. When low-level flying by NATO jets upsets their way of life, Nanass, a young Innu girl, is eager to join her father and the other members of her Sheshatshiu community in protest. Then her father and other protesters are arrested. Nanass has little to comfort her, except her fathers well-worn ball cap and the promise of the land itself that the Innu people will one day triumph. Nutauis Cap has been translated into two dialects of Innu-aimun, which appear alongside the English; it includes a glossary, map, and backgrounder to tell more of the Innus story. This book is a co-publication by Mamu Tshishkutamashutau Innu Education and Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides
- About The Author
- "Bob Bartel was raised in the small town of Waldheim, Saskatchewan. He and his family volunteered with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) a global relief, development, and justice organization in Jamaica and Labrador. These experiences were life-changing. From 1986-89, Bob resided in Happy Valley, Labrador as regional coordinator for MCC. Happy Valley, the adjoining NATO air force base of Goose Bay, and the nearby Innu community of Sheshatshiu formed a diverse and uneasy trio of cultural outposts on Canada's remote eastern coast. All are part of Nitassinan, the traditional homeland and unceded territory of the Innu people. While in Happy Valley, Bob and his family supported the Innu struggle against the destructive effects of NATO supersonic flight training. There are many personal stories associated with this historic time of protest, but perhaps none are as poignant as that of the young Innu girl Nanass' response to her father's arrest. Bob and his family remain forever indebted to the Innu for their friendship, trust, and teachings about life under Canadian colonization. Bob now lives, writes, and gardens in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with his wife Dorothy. Nutaui's Cap is his first book."
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781927917244
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Running the Goat, (25 November 2019)
- Number of Pages
- 68
- Weight
- 434 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 235 x 235 x 13 mm
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