Following the River
Subtitle: Traces of Red River Women
Publisher: Wolsak & Wynn Publishers, Limited; Wolsak & Wynn
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781928088479
Subjects: Metis; Red river settlement
Description: "Lorri Neilsen Glenn first discovered her great-grandmother's tragic death in a passing comment from an aunt. Startled, she began to search out the history of her family, to understand the life of this woman she knew nothing about. Along the way Neilsen Glenn works to unravel the issues of racism, sexism and colonial nation building that haunt us still. In elegant prose and poetry she has created a story of pieces, bringing to life what she could find in newspaper reports and museums. Through these fragments and portraits she gives the reader a glimpse of the lives lived by her ancestors and by women like them. Following the River is a lyric reflection on women that have been erased from our history and what that means for today."--