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Harold R. Johnson

Harold R. Johnson is a Cree lawyer and writer.
Harold R. Johnson is the author of Corvus, Clifford, Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours) and other works. (House of Anansi)

Harold R. Johnson is an author of nonfiction and fiction. His nonfiction workFirewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours)was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for nonfiction. Born and raised in northern Saskatchewan to a Swedish father and a Cree mother, he is a graduate of Harvard Law School and managed a private practice for several years before becoming a Crown prosecutor. Johnson is a member of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation and lives in the north end of Saskatchewan, with his wife, Joan.

Harold Johnson on the nature of memory

"You can't be completely accurate when writing about the past. That's impossible. When you're sitting around with your family and you talk about something that happened a long time ago, you begin to notice that your siblings have different perspectives on the same event.

Who's telling the truth? You or them?- Harold R. Johnson

"Who's telling the truth? You or them? I accept that my version might not be exactly the same as somebody else remembers it. But that's the way I remember it."

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Interviews with Harold R. Johnson

Harold R. Johnson talks to The Afternoon Edition in Saskatchewan about his dystopian novel.
Harold R. Johnson is an Indigenous crown prosecutor and says alcohol is killing his people. He is urging for a new narrative on alcohol abuse, finding inspiration in those who overcome rather than thinking there are only those who succumb.

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