One good book away from becoming a reader: First Nations literature in a northern classroom

I arrived in the isolated, northern community of Big River, Northwest Territories on August 17, 1987. I wanted my students to discover the rich world that waited for them in books. It is a curious paradox that one loses oneself in a text, only to find oneself. I wanted my students to find ideas and...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Language and Literacy
Main Author: Catlin, Susan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada 2011
Subjects:
Literacy
First Nations literature
identity
anthro-se
hisphilso
Big River
Northwest Territories
First Nations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.20360/G2NP4S
https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/9771
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Summary:I arrived in the isolated, northern community of Big River, Northwest Territories on August 17, 1987. I wanted my students to discover the rich world that waited for them in books. It is a curious paradox that one loses oneself in a text, only to find oneself. I wanted my students to find ideas and images for themselves, to extend and challenge their thinking and feeling, and I also hoped that books might provide some comfort on the journey that was negotiating their identities in school.

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