Interview with Yvonne Johnson

Yvonne Johnson, great-great granddaughter of Plains Cree chief Big Bear, is the co-author, along with Canadian writer Rudy Wiebe, of Stolen Life: Journey of a Cree Woman (1998). Their book tells of how Johnson came to be the only First Nations woman in Canada serving a ‘life twenty-five’ sentence fo...

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Main Author: Jacklin, Michael
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Research Online 2007
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Online Access:https://ro.uow.edu.au/artspapers/539
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spelling ftunivwollongong:oai:ro.uow.edu.au:artspapers-1553 2023-05-15T16:15:57+02:00 Interview with Yvonne Johnson Jacklin, Michael 2007-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://ro.uow.edu.au/artspapers/539 https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1553&context=artspapers unknown Research Online https://ro.uow.edu.au/artspapers/539 https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1553&context=artspapers Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive) interview yvonne johnson Arts and Humanities Social and Behavioral Sciences article 2007 ftunivwollongong 2020-02-25T10:16:21Z Yvonne Johnson, great-great granddaughter of Plains Cree chief Big Bear, is the co-author, along with Canadian writer Rudy Wiebe, of Stolen Life: Journey of a Cree Woman (1998). Their book tells of how Johnson came to be the only First Nations woman in Canada serving a ‘life twenty-five’ sentence for first degree murder. It also narrates Johnson’s experiences of repeated sexual abuse, inflicted on her by family members and strangers, beginning when she was two years old. As Johnson had been born with a cleft palate, she was unable to communicate to others her suffering and so the abuse continued for years. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Wollongong, Australia: Research Online Canada
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description Yvonne Johnson, great-great granddaughter of Plains Cree chief Big Bear, is the co-author, along with Canadian writer Rudy Wiebe, of Stolen Life: Journey of a Cree Woman (1998). Their book tells of how Johnson came to be the only First Nations woman in Canada serving a ‘life twenty-five’ sentence for first degree murder. It also narrates Johnson’s experiences of repeated sexual abuse, inflicted on her by family members and strangers, beginning when she was two years old. As Johnson had been born with a cleft palate, she was unable to communicate to others her suffering and so the abuse continued for years.
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