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

• Published in: Language and Literacy
• Main Author: Susan Catlin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada 2011
• Subjects: literacy; first nations literature; identity; anthro-se; hisphilso; Northwest Territories; Big River; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.20360/G2NP4S; https://doaj.org/article/0b5af484a4a74f7e8a32780ab6efb41d

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...