Taking back our spirits : indigenous literature, public policy, and healing /
Jo-Ann Episkenew.
- Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, (c)2009.
- 1 online resource (viii, 247 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Myth, policy, and health -- Policies of devastation -- Personal stories, healing stories -- Moving beyond the personal myth -- Theatre that heals wounded communities -- Final thoughts, future directions.
"From the earliest settler policies to deal with the 'Indian problem, ' to contemporary government-run programs ostensibly designed to help Indigenous people, public policy has played a major role in creating the historical trauma that so greatly impacts the lives of Canada's Indigenous peoples. Taking Back Our Spirits traces the links between Canadian public policies, the injuries they have inflicted on Indigenous people, and the role of Indigenous literature in healing individuals and communities. Episkenew examines contemporary autobiography, fiction, and drama to reveal how these texts respond to and critique public policy, and how literature functions as 'medicine' to help cure the colonial contagion."--Provided by publisher.
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Indigenous peoples--Government relations.--Canada Indigenous peoples--Social conditions.--Canada Healing in literature. Canadian literature--Indian authors--History and criticism. Canadian literature--Métis authors--History and criticism. Canadian literature (English)--Métis authors--History and criticism.