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We are born with the songs inside us : lives and stories of First Nations people in British Columbia / Katherine Palmer Gordon.

Gordon, Katherine, 1963- (author.).

Summary:

Since 2004, journalist Katherine Palmer Gordon has interviewed dozens of inspirational young First Nations people living in British Columbia - artists and community leaders, comedians and consultants, musicians and lawyers, people who are household names and those known only within their own communities. We Are Born with the Songs Inside Us collects sixteen candid stories gleaned from those interviews - stories of people who share an unshakeable belief in the importance of their cultural heritage to their well-being, to their success at what they do, and to their everyday lives.

Record details

ISBN: 9781550176186 (paperback)
Physical Description: 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Madeira Park, British Columbia : Harbour Publishing, [2013]
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

You are who you are / Lisa Webster-Gibson -- One hundred percent me / John Marston -- Travels across the medicine lane / Lyana Patrick -- Thoughts from Puuglas / Jody Wilson-Raybould -- First-class citizen / Gino Odjick -- First, I say my name is Peter / Peter Leech -- Thought from Bruce Underwood -- The good life / Penny White -- Just doing it / Tewanee Joseph -- Thoughts from Clarence Louie -- Standing on our own two feet / Kim Baird -- What's in the Tsawwassen treaty -- We will go forward / William Yoachim -- Aiming ast the finish line / Beverley O'Neil -- On the battle line / Merle Alexander -- Thoughts from Shawn A-in-chut Atleo -- A matter of choice / Trudy Warner -- A short history of the Maa-nulth treaty -- Born to be free -- Thoughts from Bonnie Leonard -- Only one lifetime / Troy Sebastian -- Weathering all storms / Anne Tenning -- Thoughts from Adam Olsen -- Working really hard just to get to a normal place / Evan Adams -- Thoughts from Sophie Pierre -- Postscript : the strength of identity : connections between culture and well-being.