Bitter Embrace: White Society's Assault on the Woodland Cree
by Siggins, Maggie

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Bitter Embrace: White Society's Assault on the Woodland Cree: July 14, 2003: Flin Flon lawyer Michael Bomek pleads guilty to eight criminal charges, including sexual assault on young Cree men, some of whom come from the community of Pelican Narrows, an indian reserve northeast of Prince Albert in Saskatchewan. His crime is emblematic of white culture's assault on this Rock Cree community. On the one hand, he was a dedicated lawyer who won 75 per cent of his cases for his native clients. On the other, he was an unthinkably corrupting influence.

For over two hundred years, Pelican Narrows has endured an equally torturous relationship with the encroaching European culture, from the Hudson's Bay Company factors and missionaries of earlier times to the bureaucrats and police of today. By scrupulously researching the history of a community she has known for much of her life, by using oral history and documenting the personal stories of contemporary Pelican Narrows Cree, Siggins give us the human faces behind the newspaper headlines of native issues. Her storytelling powers are formidable and the portrait community is unforgettable. Bitter Embrace is an extraordinary contribution to our history and our understanding of ourselves.

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Weight:	0.63 kg
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ISBN-10:	0771080603
ISBN-13/EAN:	9780771080609
Author:	Siggins, Maggie
Publisher:	McClelland & Stewart Ltd Toronto, Ontario
Publication Date:	9/2004
Pages:	322 pp
Size/Dimensions:	9.25 x 6.25 x 1.25 inches
Binding:	Hardcover