Road Allowance Era
by Vermette, Katherena
Description
The bison are gone. The Manitoba Act’s promise of land for the Métis has gone unfulfilled, and many Métis flee to the Northwest. As part of the fallout from the Northwest Resistance, their advocate and champion Louis Riel is executed. As new legislation corrodes Métis land rights, and unscrupulous land speculators and swindlers take advantage, many Métis begin to settle on road allowances and railway land, often on the fringes of urban centres. For Echo, the plight of her family is apparent. Burnt out of their home in Ste. Madeleine when their land is cleared for pasture, they make their way to Rooster Town, squatting on the southwest edges of Winnipeg. In this final instalment of Echo’s story, she is reminded of the strength and resilience of her people, forged through the loss and pain of the past, as she faces a triumphant future.
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Rights Held: World
Rights Sold: French, World
Author Biography
Katherena Vermette is a Métis writer of poetry, fiction, and children’s literature. Her first book, North End Love Songs (The Muses’ Company), won the 2013 Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry. Her first novel, The Break (House of Anansi), was short-listed for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Her National Film Board short documentary this river won the 2017 Canadian Screen Award for Best Short. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia and lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. For more information, visit katherenavermette.com.
Copyright Information
Copyright 2021 Katherena Vermette, SCott Henderson
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher HighWater Press
- Publication Date April 2021
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781553799306
- Publication Country or regionCanada
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 19.95 CAD
- Pages48
- ReadershipTeenage/Young Adult
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Original Language TitleEnglish
- Copyright Year2021
- Page size10x6.5
- SeriesA Girl Called Echo
- Series Part4
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