Up Ghost River: A Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History

A powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s, the resulting trauma, and the spirit he rediscovered within himself and his community through traditional spirituality and knowledge. Foreword by Joseph Boyden.

     After being separated from his family at age 7, Metatawabin was assigned a number and stripped of his Native identity. At his residential school—one of the worst in Canada—he …