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Blanket toss under midnight sun : portraits of everyday life in eight Indigenous communities / Paul Seesequasis.

Summary:

Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun consists of approximately 80 archival black-and-white and colour photographs of Indigenous family life from 1925 to 1985, a period of sixty years. The book focuses on communities and individuals in several regions: Cape Dorset (Kinngait) in Nunavut; the region of Nunavik, including Kuujjuaq; the James Bay Cree communities of Fort George (Chisasibi), Wemindji, Eastmain and Rupert's House; the Hudson Bay watershed communities of Lake St. Joseph, Mattagami First Nation, Round Lake (Weagamow), Neskantaga, and Fort Severn; Métis people in Saskatchewan; Blackfeet people in Montana; the communities of Dettah, Jean Marie River, Sans Sault Rapids, and Tr'ineht'ieet'iee, Northwest Territories; and Carcross, Teslin, Pelly Crossing, in the Yukon. Paul Seesequasis's essays focus on history by providing anecdotal stories from families, profiling the lives of the photographers as well as the individuals they photographed, demonstrating how these communities have adapted to change.

Record details

ISBN: 9780735273313
ISBN: 0735273316
Physical Description: 179 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Publisher: [Toronto] : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Cape Dorset (Kinngait) -- Nunavik -- James Bay -- Hudson Bay Watershed -- Saskatchewan -- Montana and Alberta -- Northwest Territories -- Yukon Territory -- Epilogue: looking forward -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Photo credits.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic format.