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Payepot and His People
$14.95
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Format:
Paperback
Text Content Territories:
Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Assiniboine (Nakoda Oyadebi); Cree (Nehiyawak);
Status: Available
Other Categories:
Books | Indigenous Studies | History | Non-Fiction | Biographies | History | Indigenous Peoples | Indigenous Peoples in Canada | First Nations
Synopsis:
Payepot and His People was first published serially by The Western Producer. In 1957 it was published in book form by the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society. Abel Watetch was a nephew of Chief Payepot and a veteran of World War I. As noted in the introduction to the 1957 edition, Watetch had earlier set down in "fine, clear handwriting" the previously unwritten history of his people, having "assembled many of the recollections of his kin to 'set the record right'." These writings were the basis of the story told here, supplemented by further recollections by Watetch and his friend, Chief Sitting Eagle Changing Position (Harry Ball), documented either on tape or through written correspondence.
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