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The laughing people : a tribute to my Innu friends

Title

The laughing people : a tribute to my Innu friends / Serge Bouchard with Marie-Christine Lévesque ; translated by Craig Lund.

Author

Bouchard, Serge,

Publication

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
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xix, 212 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"'In a way this book is a gift that Serge Bouchard and the Essipit community are giving to the Innu people. Like a mirror, like a lake whose shores disappear into the horizon, it gives back to those who behold it an image of great depth. As far back as memories go, the Innu were there; they are still there, and will continue to be there until memories cease. And for them to remain, their fire must be maintained.' Martin Dufour, Chief, Essipit Innu First Nation Band Council. The Laughing People, translated from the award-winning Le peuple rieur, conveys the richness and resilience of the Innu while reminding us of the forces - old and new - that threaten their community. This memoir and tribute tells the tale of the very long journey of a very small nation, recounting both its joie de vivre and its crosses borne. Readers follow Bouchard, a young anthropologist in the 1970s, as he arrives in Ekuanitshit (Mingan, Quebec) and comes to know its residents. His observations and questions document a community weathering yet another season of change - skidoos replace dogsleds and forests are bulldozed for prefabricated housing - while nonetheless defying external pressures to assimilate or disappear altogether. Returning to these texts fifty years later, Bouchard moves beyond platitudes of strength and dives into wide-scale injustices to present the sacrifices and beauty of the Innu people on individual terms. Whether recounting the impact of the residential school system on Georges Mestokosho, the wave of Innu activism inspired by An Antane Kapesh, or the uncelebrated work of women like Nishapet Enim, The Laughing People presents an opportunity for readers to be part of the preservation and proliferation of these important stories."--

Uniform Title

Peuple rieur. English

Alternative Title

Peuple rieur.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Note

Translation of: Le peuple rieur.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

Issued also in electronic formats.

Language (note)

Translated from the French.

Call Number

JFE 21-8108

ISBN

0228008123
9780228008125

OCLC

1241732233

Author

Bouchard, Serge, author.

Title

The laughing people : a tribute to my Innu friends / Serge Bouchard with Marie-Christine Lévesque ; translated by Craig Lund.

Publisher

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]

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Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.

Additional Formats

Issued also in electronic formats.

Language

Translated from the French.

Added Author

Lévesque, Marie-Christine, author.

Lund, Craig, translator.

Other Form:

Online version: Bouchard, Serge. Peuple rieur. English. Laughing people. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021 022800926X 9780228009269 (OCoLC)1247381794

Research Call Number

JFE 21-8108

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