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090			_aG15 L69 A75 2002
100	1		_aLoyie, Oskiniko Larry, _d1933- _94231
245	1	0	_aAs long as the rivers flow / _cLarry Loyie with Constance Brissenden ; illustrated by Heather D. Holmlund.
260			_aToronto : _bGroundwood Books, _c2002.
300			_a[35 p.] : _bcol. ill. ; _c26 cm.
500			_aFirst Nations author - Larry Loyie - Cree.
500			_a"A last summer before residential school. "
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a"Loyie shares a quiet but powerful first-person account of his last summer before he and his siblings were taken away from their family. Most of the story focuses on what was otherwise a normal seasonal routine for the Cree people of that era, with the family moving from their main cabin to their summer "camp" for a few weeks. Apart from the foreshadowed separation, this particular spring-summer progression was enlivened by the opportunity for the children to care for an orphaned baby owl, and an encounter with one of the biggest grizzly bears ever shot in North America. All of the day-to-day detail, close family bonding, and unexpected adventure draw readers comfortably into 10-year-old Lawrence's experience so that the final pages are all the more painful. When the children learn that they must go to the residential school or their parents will be imprisoned, and they are physically loaded onto the back of a truck by strangers, the sense of separation and loss is keenly felt. Holmlund's realistic and detailed watercolors expertly illuminate events throughout the story, in vignettes, plates, and a few full-page pictures. The epilogue briefly summarizes the facts about boarding schools in general, highlighting Lawrence's own experience, and includes several black-and-white photos." --School Library Journal, 2003.
521	2		_aGrades 3-6.
586			_aAuthor is recipient of the 2001 Canada Post Literacy Award for Individual Achievement (British Columbia); winner of the 2003 Norma Fleck Award for Children's Non-fiction ; 2006 First Nation Communities Read selection.
650		0	_aResidential schools _zCanada _vChildren's literature _94228
650		7	_aCree _2BCACCS _92947
700	1		_aBrissenden, Connie, _d1947- _94232
700	1		_aHolmlund, Heather D., _eill. _94233
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