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We are born with the songs inside us : lives and stories of First Nations people in British Columbia

Gordon, Katherine 1963- (author,, interviewer.).

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." - back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 1550176188 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781550176186 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Publisher: Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing, [2013]
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreward / Shawn A-in-chut Atleo -- 1. You Are Who You Are / Lisa Webster-Gibson -- 2. One Hundred Percent Me / John Marston -- 3. Travels Across the Medicine Line / Lyana Patrick -- 4. First-Class Citizen / Gino Odjick -- 5. First, I Say My Name is Peter / Peter Leech -- 6. The Good Life / Penny White -- 7. Just Doing It / Tewanee Joseph -- 8. Standing on Our Own Two Feet / Kim Baird -- 9. We Will Go Forward / William Yoachim -- 10. Aiming Past the Finish Line / Beverley O'Neil -- 11. On the Battle Line / Merle Alexander -- 12. A Matter of Choice / Trudy Warner -- A Short History of the Maa-nulth Treaty -- 13. Born to Be Free / Evan Touchie -- 14. Only One Lifetime / Troy Sebastian -- 15. Weathering All Storms / Anne Tenning -- 16. Working Really Hard Just to Get to a Normal Place / Evan Adams.