Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity
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In his acclaimed first memoir, Mamaskatch, Darrel J. McLeod described growing up Cree in Northern Alberta. In Peyakow, McLeod continues the poignant story of his impoverished youth, beset by the self-destruction and deaths of those closest to him, the trauma of physical and sexual abuse, and painful separation from his family and culture. With steely determination, he triumphs: now elementary teacher; now school principal; now head of an Indigenous delegation to the UN in Geneva; now executive in the Government of Canada - and now a celebrated author.
Brutally frank but buoyed throughout by McLeod's unquenchable spirit, Peyakow - a title borrowed from the Cree word for "one who walks alone" - is an inspiring account of triumph against unimaginable odds. McLeod's perspective as someone whose career path has crossed both sides of the Indigenous/white chasm resonates with particular force in today's Canada.
Brutally frank but buoyed throughout by McLeod's unquenchable spirit, Peyakow - a title borrowed from the Cree word for "one who walks alone" - is an inspiring account of triumph against unimaginable odds. McLeod's perspective as someone whose career path has crossed both sides of the Indigenous/white chasm resonates with particular force in today's Canada.
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Madeira Park, BC : Douglas and McIntyre Ltd.
2021
9781771622318
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English
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