{"product_id":"9781443466325","title":"Valley of the Birdtail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner – 2023 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner – 2023 John W. Dafoe Book Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner – 2023 High Plains Book Award for Indigenous Writer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner – 2022 Manitoba Historical Society Margaret McWilliams Book Award for Local History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner – 2023 Quebec Writers’ Federation Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction and Concordia University First Book Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist – 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist – Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist – 2023 Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Evergreen Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist and Honourable Mention – Canadian Law and Society Association Book Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted – 2023-2024 First Nations Communities Read\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA heart-rending true story about racism and reconciliation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the town of Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo Indian reserve have been neighbours nearly as long as Canada has been a country. Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong with relations between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eValley of the Birdtail\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles how two communities became separate and unequal—and what this means for the rest of us. In Rossburn, which was once settled by Ukrainian immigrants fleeing poverty and persecution, family income is near the national average and more than a third of adults have graduated from university. In Waywayseecappo, the average family lives below the national poverty line and less than a third of adults have graduated from high school, with many haunted by their time in residential schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book follows multiple generations of two families, one white and one Indigenous, weaving their lives into the larger story of Canada. It is a story of villains and heroes, irony and idealism, racism and reconciliation. \u003cem\u003eValley of the Birdtail\u003c\/em\u003e has the ambition to change the way we think about our past and light a path to a better future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Stobo Sniderman (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":47678685249792,"sku":"9781443466325","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/8272\/2048\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ddd9ae5b-d4af-40d7-93f8-479620c3f4b2.jpg?v=1770758399","url":"https:\/\/thebookloftstjacobs.com\/products\/9781443466325","provider":"The Book Loft St. Jacobs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}