Iskwewak Neither Indian Princess: Second Edition University Indigenous wildland firefighters

Indigenous wildland firefighters

Using in-depth interviews with Indigenous

and the family lifestyle are woven into the story

The currents against it are very strong but I believe we can reach that destination and this is the reason for our survival

la nécessité de ne jamais abandonner

Iskwewak Neither Indian Princess: Second Edition University Indigenous wildland firefightersIn the impressive and powerful first book, Iskwewak Kah' Ki Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak: Neither Indian Princesses Nor Easy Squaws, Janice Acoose deconstructs stereotypical images of Indigenous women in popular literature. Exposing literature as an institution of a Euro Canadian nation shaped by non Indigenous scholarship, Acoose calls attention to its projections of Indigenous women as Indian princesses, easy squaws, suffering helpless victims and tawny