One Native Life

by Richard Wagamese

Overview

One Native Life is Richard Wagamese’s look back at the long road he traveled in reclaiming his identity. It's about the things he's learned as a human being, a man, and an Ojibway. Whether he's writing about playing baseball, running away with the circus, listening to the wind, or meeting Johnny Cash, these are stories told in a healing spirit. Through them, Wagamese shows how to appreciate life for the remarkable learning journey it is.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781553653127
Publisher:	Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.
Publication date:	07/14/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	739,616
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Richard Wagamese (1955-2017) was one of Canada's foremost writers. He was a newspaper columnist and reporter, radio and television broadcaster and producer, documentary producer, and the author of over a dozen previous novels, including Keeper'n Me and Indian Horse, which was a Canada Reads Finalist. He was also the author of acclaimed memoirs, including For Joshua, the bestselling One Native Life, and One Story, One Song, which won the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature. Wagamese won numerous awards and recognition for his writing. He led writing and storytelling workshops across the country and made frequent appearances as a speaker.

Christian Baskous has won three AudioFile Earphones Awards for narration. He is an actor whose theatrical credits include numerous roles in the New York Shakespeare Festival, Circle in the Square, the Kennedy Center, and Theater for the New City, as well as other regional theaters. His film and television work includes appearances in Glory, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Law & Order, Swan's Crossing, and Swift Justice.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments x

Introduction 1

Book 1 Ahki (Earth) 5

The Language of Fishermen 9

Riding with the Cartwrights 13

The Kiss 16

In Apache Territory 19

The Flag on the Mountain 22

The Way to Arcturus 26

Upside Down and Backwards 30

Bringing in the Sheaves 34

My Nine-Volt Heart 38

Wood Ducks 41

Freeing the Pike 45

My Friend Shane 49

Chasing Ricky Lark 53

Taking Flight 57

A Kindred Spirit 60

Running after Werezak 64

Book 2 Ishskwaday (Fire) 69

Lemon Pie with Muhammad Ali 73

Up from the Pavement 77

The Tabletop TV 81

Ferris Wheel 84

The Question 87

A Hand on the Lid of the World 91

A Dream of Language 94

Driving Thunder Road 98

Ways of Seeing 102

On the Road 105

The Night John Lennon Died 108

The Kid Who Couldn't Dance 112

Book 3 Nibi (Water) 117

Being Buffalo Cloud 121

Making Bannock 125

The Birth and Death of Super Injun 129

The Country between Us 133

Learning Ojibway 137

The Animal People 141

Finding the Old Ones 144

Man Walking by the Crooked Water 148

A Raven Tale 151

Shooting Trudeau 155

The Medicine Wheel 159

Coming to Beedahbun 162

Thunder Teachings 165

Vanishing Points 168

The Beetle Trees 171

Ufos 175

Two Skunks 178

Bringing Back the Living Room 182

Butterfly Teachings 186

To Love This Country 190

Firekeeper 193

Ceremony 197

The Sharing Circle 200

Stripping It Down 204

Book 4 Ishpiming (Universe) 207

Neighbours 211

The Doe 215

Rules for Radicals 218

Scars 222

My Left Arm 226

Planting 230

Wind Is the Carrier of Song 233

All the Mornings of the World 237

The Forest, Not the Trees 240

Living Legends 244

Playing with Your Eyes Closed 247

What It Comesto Mean 250

Walking the Territory 254