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Valley of the Birdtail

A book by Andrew Stobo Sniderman & Douglas Sanderson.

Andrew Stobo Sniderman & Douglas Sanderson

Book cover featuring an illustration of a green valley, blue sky, and blue river winding into the sun. Black and white text overlaid.

Divided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the town of Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo Indian reserve have been neighbours nearly as long as Canada has been a country. Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope.

Valley of the Birdtailis about how two communities became separate and unequaland what it means for the rest of us. In Rossburn, once settled by Ukrainian immigrants who fled poverty and persecution, family income is near the national average and more than a third of adults have graduated from university. In Waywayseecappo, the average family lives below the national poverty line and less than a third of adults have graduated from high school, with many haunted by their time in residential schools.

This book follows multiple generations of two families, one white and one Indigenous, and weaves their lives into the larger story of Canada. It is a story of villains and heroes, irony and idealism, racism and reconciliation.Valley of the Birdtailhas the ambition to change the way we think about our past and show a path to a better future. (From HarperCollins Canada)

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