African Nova Scotian - Mi'kmaw Relations Essays the experiences of girls and

the experiences of girls and women of their childhood communities

The anthology collects 26 indispensable critical essays

Magic Weapons is the first major survey of Indigenous writings on the residential school system

Brian Ballantyne authored the paper

Inuit and Métis authors who are educators at schools of social work across Canada

African Nova Scotian - Mi'kmaw Relations Essays the experiences of girls andThe Indigenous people of Nova Scotia, the Mi'kmaq, have been dispossessed of their lands and, since the early 1820s, confined to reserves. African Nova Scotians have also been dispossessed of lands originally granted to them by white colonial governments and settled in communities with names like Africville, Preston or Birchtown. Yet the story of Africville, and other stories of dispossession, argues author Paula C. Madden, cannot be told and