num_pages: 40
description: Winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-FictionIn the 1800s, the education of First Nations children was taken on by various churches, in government-sponsored residential schools. Children were forcibly taken from their families in order to erase their traditional languages and cultures.As Long as the Rivers Flow is the story of Larry Loyie's last summer before entering residential school. It is a time of learning and adventure. He cares for an abandoned baby owl and watches his grandmother make winter moccasins. He helps the family prepare for a hunting and gathering trip.
language: English
title: As Long as the Rivers Flow
titlecomplete: As Long as the Rivers Flow
genres: Memoir, Chapter Books, Nonfiction, Childrens, History, Canada, Historical, Kids, Picture Books, Biography
ratings_count: 166
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: First Nation Communities Read Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction
publisher: Groundwood Books