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Call me Indian : from the trauma of residential school to becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous player

Trailblazer. Residential school Survivor. First Treaty Indigenous player in the NHL. All of these descriptions are true -- but none of them tell the whole story. Fred Sasakamooses memoir intersects Canadian history and Indigenous politics, and follows his journey to reclaim pride in an identity that had previously been used against him.

Book  - 2021
971.24 Sasak
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  • ISBN: 9780735240018
  • Physical Description print
    xvii, 268 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
NFPL Indigenous Collection.
Formatted Contents Note: Ahtahkaloop otaskiy = Ahtahkaloop's world -- Nīkihk = Home -- Kiskinwahamākēwikamik = The school -- The St. Michael's sīsīpak = The St. Michael's Ducks -- Kotak nīkihk = A second home -- Peyakwahpitew sōniskwātahikēwinowak = The team -- Ka-kochi = The tryouts -- Kici-sōniskwātahikēwinikamikok = The big leagues -- Ka-pe-kiwet = Homecoming -- Tipiyawēwihowin = Property -- Pahkisimōtāhk = Out West -- Nikotwāsomitanaw cipahikanis napew = The sixty-minute man -- Yēkawiskāwikamāhk = Sandy Lake -- Miywanohk-pimātisiwin = A new way of life -- Okimāw kā-pitihkwēk mistik = Chief Thunderstick -- Epilogue.