From pgarden at resist.ca Fri Feb 3 12:27:30 2012 From: pgarden at resist.ca (Peter Garden) Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:27:30 -0600 Subject: [Turning the Tide] Indian Horse | A Book Launch with Richard Wagamese Message-ID: <01b801cce2a1$7e4e8970$7aeb9c50$@ca> You Are Invited to a Book Launch with Richard Wagamese the Award-Winning Author of Ten Books Including One Native Life and Keeper'n Me indian-horse-cover.jpg Wednesday, February 15 - 7:30pm Oskayak High School (Gymnasium) 919 Broadway Ave - Saskatoon Admission Free - Public Welcome - Wheelchair Accessible Presented by: Oskayak High School, The U of S Department of Native Studies, Saskatchewan Literacy Network, Turning the Tide Bookstore, Social Justice and Anti-racist Anti-Oppressive Forum on Education (SAFE), First Nations University of Canada, and Douglas and McIntyre Publishers RSVP to the Facebook event here Download a printable copy of the event poster here Description: A magical new novel from the bestselling author of One Native Life. Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he's a reluctant resident in a treatment centre for alcoholics, surrounded by people he's sure will never understand him. But Saul wants peace, and he grudgingly comes to see that he'll find it only through telling his story. With him, readers embark on a journey back through the life he's led as a northern Ojibway, with all its joys and sorrows. With compassion and insight, author Richard Wagamese traces through his fictional characters the decline of a culture and a cultural way. For Saul, taken forcibly from the land and his family when he's sent to residential school, salvation comes for a while through his incredible gifts as a hockey player. But in the harsh realities of 1960s Canada, he battles obdurate racism and the spirit-destroying effects of cultural alienation and displacement. Indian Horse unfolds against the bleak loveliness of northern Ontario, all rock, marsh, bog and cedar. Wagamese writes with a spare beauty, penetrating the heart of a remarkable Ojibway man. Drawing on his great-grandfather's mystical gift of vision, Saul Indian Horse comes to recognize the influence of everyday magic on his own life. In this wise and moving novel, Richard Wagamese shares that gift of magic with readers as well. Praise for Richard Wagamese and Indian Horse: "Indian Horse is a force for healing in our beautiful, broken world." - Kathleen Winter, author of "Annabel" "Richard Wagamese is a born storyteller." - Louise Erdrich, author of Shadow Tag) "Wagamese writes with brutal clarity... [and] finds alleviating balance through magical legend." - Globe & Mail "Wagamese is capable of true grace on the page." - Winnipeg Free Press "Richard Wagamese is a national treasure." - Joseph Boyden, author of Through Black Spruce "Richard Wagamese's writing is sweet medicine for the soul." - Richard Van Camp, author of The Lesser Blessed About the Author: Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario. He is the author of four novels, including Dream Wheels, winner of the 2007 Canadian Authors Association MOSAID Technologies Inc. Award for Fiction. His autobiographical book For Joshua was published to critical acclaim, and One Native Life was selected as one of the Globe and Mail's Top 100 Books of the Year. He lives outside Kamloops, British Columbia. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Excerpted from "Egypt's Ongoing Uprising" http://www.crimethinc.com/blog/2012/01/25/egypts-ongoing-uprising/ One year ago, millions of Egyptians took to the streets and occupied public squares as part of the wave of revolts popularly referred to as the Arab Spring. Inspired by the uprising in Tunisia, Egyptians overcame the paralysis of fear and met their oppressors head-on, clashing with the police on National Police Day. The people were dispersed, but confrontations continued in neighborhoods and streets across Egypt, spreading police numbers thin while systematically destroying police infrastructure and readying the masses for the Day of Rage. On January 28, the people of Cairo retook Tahrir square, breaking through police barricades with decentralized marches originating from neighborhoods throughout the city. With the police defeated and withdrawn, neighborhood patrols spontaneously emerged to protect neighborhoods, while Tahrir was transformed into an autonomous zone and tent city. Two weeks later, the streets erupt in joyful celebration as Mubarak surrendered power. One year later, the third round of elections has just concluded, while the military still holds political power. They also hold over 12,000 political prisoners, who are being hastily sentenced in military trials. The streets of Cairo are filled with graffiti and the residue of political protests that became street fights. Walls made of huge concrete slabs block roads where the military and police faced off with protesters only months earlier; the marble sidewalks remain torn up where street militants recently improvised ammunition. Some neighborhood assemblies have transformed into "popular committees in the defense of the revolution," working on issues ranging from basic services to local governance. Meanwhile, over 100 independent trade unions were formed, breaking the state's former monopoly on organized labor. _____ Peter Garden Turning the Tide Bookstore 525 11th St. East Saskatoon, SK Cree Territory - Treaty 6 S7N 0G1 (306)955-3070 www.turning.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he's a reluctant resident in a treatment centre for alcoholics, surrounded by people he's sure will never understand him. But Saul wants peace, and he grudgingly comes to see that he'll find it only through telling his story. With him, readers embark on a journey back through the life he's led as a northern Ojibway, with all its joys and sorrows. With compassion and insight, author Richard Wagamese traces through his fictional characters the decline of a culture and a cultural way. For Saul, taken forcibly from the land and his family when he's sent to residential school, salvation comes for a while through his incredible gifts as a hockey player. But in the harsh realities of 1960s Canada, he battles obdurate racism and the spirit-destroying effects of cultural alienation and displacement. Indian Horse unfolds against the bleak loveliness of northern Ontario, all rock, marsh, bog and cedar. Wagamese writes with a spare beauty, penetrating the heart of a remarkable Ojibway man. Drawing on his great-grandfather's mystical gift of vision, Saul Indian Horse comes to recognize the influence of everyday magic on his own life. In this wise and moving novel, Richard Wagamese shares that gift of magic with readers as well. Praise for Richard Wagamese and Indian Horse: "Indian Horse is a force for healing in our beautiful, broken world." - Kathleen Winter, author of "Annabel" "Richard Wagamese is a born storyteller." - Louise Erdrich, author of Shadow Tag) "Wagamese writes with brutal clarity... [and] finds alleviating balance through magical legend." - Globe & Mail "Wagamese is capable of true grace on the page." - Winnipeg Free Press "Richard Wagamese is a national treasure." - Joseph Boyden, author of Through Black Spruce "Richard Wagamese's writing is sweet medicine for the soul." - Richard Van Camp, author of The Lesser Blessed About the Author: Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario. He is the author of four novels, including Dream Wheels, winner of the 2007 Canadian Authors Association MOSAID Technologies Inc. Award for Fiction. His autobiographical book For Joshua was published to critical acclaim, and One Native Life was selected as one of the Globe and Mail's Top 100 Books of the Year. He lives outside Kamloops, British Columbia. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Wise's main public lecture, "Looking in the Mirror: A Reflection on Racism", will be held at 7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) on Thursday, March 15, 2012, at TCU Place. In this lecture, Wise will provide an analysis of the way racial privilege shapes the lives of Caucasian North Americans and explain ways in which racism not only burdens people of colour, but also benefits in relative terms, those who are "white like him". The corporate lecture, "Dismantling Racism in Your Organization", will take place earlier in the afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at TCU Place. This lecture will be beneficial to managers, human resource professionals, and customer service employees who wish to enhance their organizational effectiveness through understanding racism. Both lectures are free and open to the public on a first come first served basis. Wise's visit is supported by SIAST, the City of Saskatoon, and Turning the Tide Bookstore. For more information, or to hear insights from Wise's visit to Saskatoon in 2011, visit www.saskatoon.ca and click on "C" for Cultural Diversity and Race Relations. About Tim Wise Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in North America. Recently named one of "25 Visionaries Who are Changing Your World," by Utne Reader, Wise has lectured across the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean in over 600 communities. He is the author of five books. including his most recent, titled Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity. Wise has provided training to teachers, journalists, physicians, and medical industry professionals, as well as corporate, government, entertainment, military, and law enforcement officials on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions. Wise has appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs, is a regular contributor to discussions about race on CNN, and was featured in a segment on ABC's 20/20 in 2007. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or our City Blog. Click on the links at www.saskatoon.ca. -30- _____ Tim Wise's Saskatchewan Schedule for March/April 2012 Regina sessions: Privilege 101 Tuesday, March 13, 2:30-4:30 pm University of Regina's Education Auditorium White Like Me Tuesday, March 13, 7:00-9:00 pm Knox-Metropolitan United Church, 2340 Victoria Ave. Dismantling Racism in your Organization Wednesday, March 14, 2:30-4:30 pm Knox-Metropolitan United Church, 2340 Victoria Ave. Bringing It Home - a panel discussion on racism in Saskatchewan Wednesday, March 14, 7:00-9:00 pm First Nations University's Atrium Saskatoon sessions: Dismantling Racism in your Organization (Preferred seating will be allocated for the Saskatoon corporate session) Thursday, March 15, 2:00-4:00 pm TCU Salon, Saskatoon Looking in the Mirror: A Reflection on Racism Thursday, March 15, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. TCU Salon, Saskatoon Prince Albert sessions: Arresting Racism Wednesday, April 4, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Prince Albert Dismantling Racism through Education Wednesday, April 4, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Prince Albert White Like Me Wednesday, April 4, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Art Houser Centre, Prince Albert Leading Change - By invite only Thursday, April 5, 2012 Dismantling Racism in your Organization Thursday, April 5, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. E.A. Rawlinson Centre for the Arts, Prince Albert Please note that the corporate sessions titled, "Dismantling Racism in your Organization" will be open to the public, but the talk is specifically oriented to address systemic barriers that exist and are continually sustained within organizations. Registration for SIAST employees will take place at the corporate and education sessions only at each location, but please feel free to attend any of the other sessions listed. Elizabeth (Liz) Duret, the Representative Workforce Consultant, is representing SIAST on this project. If you require additional information please contact her at durete at siast.sk.ca or 659-3774. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 3770 bytes Desc: not available URL: