Nobody cries at bingo / Dawn Dumont
Material type: TextPublication details: Saskatoon : Thistledown Press, 2011Description: 298 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781897235843; 1897235844Subject(s): Canadian wit and humor | Reservation -- Canada | Reservation -- SaskatchewanSummary: "Readers are invited to witness first hand Dumant family life on the Okanese First Nation. Beyond the stereotypes and clichés of Rez dogs, drinking, and bingos, the story of a girl who loved to read begins to unfold. It is her hopes, dreams, and indomitable humour that lay bare the beauty and love within her family. It is her unerring eye that reveals the great bond of family expressed in the actions and affections of her sisters, aunties, uncles, brothers, cousins, nieces, nephews, and ultimately her ancestors"--Back cover.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books & Reports | BCACCS Resource Centre Regular | Non-fiction | W26 D86 N63 2011 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 | Available | T 2113 |
"Readers are invited to witness first hand Dumant family life on the Okanese First Nation. Beyond the stereotypes and clichés of Rez dogs, drinking, and bingos, the story of a girl who loved to read begins to unfold. It is her hopes, dreams, and indomitable humour that lay bare the beauty and love within her family. It is her unerring eye that reveals the great bond of family expressed in the actions and affections of her sisters, aunties, uncles, brothers, cousins, nieces, nephews, and ultimately her ancestors"--Back cover.
Local series: Aboriginal education collection.
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