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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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:
Education
Literacy
First Nations literature; identity
Big River
Northwest Territories
First Nations
Online Access:http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/langandlit/article/view/9771
https://doi.org/10.20360/G2NP4S
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