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Nature Power: In the Spirit of an Okanagan Storyteller

Authors:
● Harry Robinson (Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Salish; Interior Salish; Syilx (Okanagan); Similkameen (Smelqmix);)

Editors:
● Wendy Wickwire

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Text Content Territories: Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Salish; Interior Salish; Syilx (Okanagan); Similkameen (Smelqmix);

Status: Available

Grade Levels: University/College;

Other Categories: Adult Book, Books, Educator Resources, Language Resources, Literacy Resources, College / University Literature, Social Studies Resources, Indigenous Studies, Anthropology, History, Indigenous Stories, Non-Fiction, Indigenous Narratives

Year Published: 2004

Synopsis:

Many of the stories in Harry Robinson's second collection feature the shoo-MISH, or "nature helpers" that assist humans and sometimes provide them with special powers. Some tell of individuals who use these powers to heal themselves; others tell of Indian doctors who have been given the power to heal others. Still others tell of power encounters: a woman "comes alive" after death; a boy meets a singing squirrel; a voice from nowhere predicts the future.

Award
BC Book Prize Winner, 1993.

Review
Epic, mesmerizing tales by a great Okanagan storyteller that lift [one] eerily and movingly into a different world.
- Michele Landsberg, Toronto Star

Additional Information
272 pages | 6.00" x 9.00"

2nd edition (First Edition published 1992)

Stories from Harry Robinson
Edited and compiled by Wendy Wickwire